A team of researchers chinese has developed a method to create protein using methanol derived from coal in order to satisfy the growing demand for animal feed. This is the first time that protein production from coal is economically viable, explained Professor Wu Xin of the Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. […]
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Narcozoologists, the fashion of the power of cocaine in Ecuador
A pair of jaguars caged on a ranch uncovered a cruel trend among drug traffickers of Ecuador. In the style of the cocaine baron Pablo Escobarthe bosses ride zoos clandestine activities that put the fauna at risk in this megadiverse country. It is not the only case, but it is one of the most striking. […]
From tiger to tarantula, London Zoo holds annual animal weigh-in
The zoo staff London took measurements of large gorillas, chubby penguins and skinny stick insects at the park’s annual weigh-in Thursday. Keepers lured squirrel monkeys with fruit, raised tarantulas and used a curry-scented yardstick to coax Sumatran tigers to stretch. Home to some 14,000 animals, the zoo will take several days to weigh and measure […]
Why does a human pregnancy last 9 months, in mice 20 days and in rhinos 17 months?
Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Barcelona (northeast of Spain) created a library of mother cells record of six species of mammals -human, mouse, monkey, rabbit, cow and rhinoceros- to compare them and study why they differ in the time they take to develop. The work, published today in the Cell Stem […]
The conquest of nature: animals traveled 73% further during confinement
During the lockdown for him coronavirus unusual images of animals conquering the cities. A new study indicates that this period altered some movement behaviors of the mammalswho traveled an average of 73% further where the measures were stricter. The research published today by Science on the cover had the participation of a large international team […]
Cows face heat wave in France thanks to giant fans
Lila, Glee, and Pistache lie down in their barn for their daily nap after feeding on corn, grass, and grain, and taking in the air from two giant fans, in the midst of a heat wave in France. At an altitude of 780 meters, in Saint-Martin-en-Haut (east), the outside temperature is 34° Celsius, but the […]
The quiet work of the creators of the COVID-19 vaccine for animals
The COVID-19 This month ended the life of Ekundu, a lion who caught the virus in the zoo where he lived in Hawaii (USA) and perhaps could have been saved with a vaccine, still in the experimental phase, specifically designed to animals and much less known than human vaccines. “When we learned of the first […]