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Increasing openness on animal research
RDS issued the following statement today, 20 January, on the Government's response to the House of Lords Committee report on Animals in Scientific Procedures Dr Mark Matfield, Director of RDS, said, "We support the proposal to publish information about all new project licences. This will... view more (2003-01-20)

Larger nuts end up further from tree
Trees are better off if they produce large nuts. This is revealed in research by Patrick Jansen from Wageningen University. Scatterhoarding rodents appear to prefer burying larger nuts for later. The bigger the nut, the further it is buried from the tree and the more frequently it is forgotten.... view more (2003-02-14)

Less antibiotic use in food animals leads to less drug resistance in people, study shows
Australia's policy of restricting antibiotic use in food-producing animals may be linked with lower levels of drug-resistant bacteria found in its citizens.   view more (2006-04-18)

Strategic Plan maintains UK at Centre of Animal Health Research
The rationale behind the publication of the Strategic Plan is the threat posed by diseases of farm animals to the well-being of every nation in terms of food, animal welfare and public health. The plan highlights the vital need to maintain UK expertise in the infectious diseases of farm animals,... view more (2000-02-02)

Using a catapult for rapid limb protraction
Alan Wilson, Johanna Watson and Glen Lichtwark have had their paper published by Nature. This paper shows that fast runners must be able to protract their limbs quickly in order to prepare for the next stance phase, which is particularly challenging for large animals as their limbs are long and... view more (2003-01-06)

A virus may contribute to certain psychiatric disorders
A virus that causes a fatal brain disease in horses and sheep may be linked to certain mental disorders in man, medical experts heard today (Wednesday 09 January 2002) during a joint meeting of the European Societies of Clinical and Veterinary Virology and the Society for General Microbiology at... view more (2002-01-07)

More foot & mouth "likely" - advanced vaccines could control it
Writing in the June Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Dr John Beale warns that future outbreaks of foot & mouth disease (FMD) will be "more likely" as the movement of people and goods continues to increase. Dr Beale suggests that future outbreaks might be controlled using the... view more (2001-05-30)

Ice Age survivors in Iceland
Many scientists believe that the ice ages exterminated all life on land and in freshwater in large parts of the Northern Hemisphere, especially on ocean islands such as Iceland.   view more (2007-07-20)

A plan for reintroducing megafauna to North America
Dozens of megafauna (large animals over 100 pounds) - such as giant tortoises, horses, elephants, and cheetah - went extinct in North America13,000 years ago during the end of the Pleistocene.   view more (2006-10-03)

RESEARCH TO CUT STRESS FOR ANIMALS ON MOVE
A new research project which aims to improve the welfare of farm animals being transported on long journeys, has begun at the University of Edinburgh's Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies. The study will monitor sleep patterns in sheep, and investigate how fear, stress and fatigue disturb... view more (2002-04-24)

Top animal welfare prize for kinder skin allergy test
Three scientists have been awarded Europe’s premier laboratory animal welfare prize for 2000. They jointly developed a test for the potential of chemicals to cause allergic skin reactions, or skin sensitisation. This test uses fewer animals and causes less suffering than previous tests. The... view more (2000-11-16)

UCSB researchers discover the dawn of animal vision
By peering deep into evolutionary history, scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered the origins of photosensitivity in animals.   view more (2007-10-17)

Reproductive speed protects large animals from being hunted to extinction
The slower their reproductive cycle, the higher the risk of extinction for large grazing animals such as deer and antelope that are hunted by humans.   view more (2007-05-16)

Sussex psychologists study what causes children's fears and phobias
Dr Andy Field, lecturer in psychology and research fellow Robin Banerjee at the University of Sussex have just won a three-year grant from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to investigate how fears and phobias are formed. "A phobia is a clinically diagnosed level of fear about a... view more (2002-01-21)

Quality of life for lab animals
THE drive to improve the lives of laboratory animals is having an unforeseen effect. Enriching the living conditions of rats, mice and other animals changes both their behaviour and their physiology, new studies show. This will have an increasingly important effect on the outcome of scientific... view more (2002-03-06)

Scientists develope a new model of artificial canine skin
Researchers at UNIVET, a spin-off of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, in cooperation with the animal nutrition company Affinity Petcare, have developed an artificial cellular model which faithfully reproduces the characteristics of dog's skin and which will allow, therefore, the... view more (2007-05-11)

Media invitation - Environmental change in Antarctic lakes and seas: the chances for survival or extinction? BA Festival of Science, Univ of Leicester
The effects of the warming of the Earth`s climate on Antarctic lakes and seas is a matter of life or death for many plants and animals at the frozen continent. Professor Lloyd Peck, biologist with British Antarctic Survey (BAS) discusses the prospects for survival or extinction of Antarctic marine... view more (2002-09-05)

Children's fears learned through observation
Psychologists have found evidence which suggests that children can learn to be fearful of something just by observing another's facial expressions.   view more (2005-03-21)

Correlation between bile duct obstruction and ductal cancer found
When bile duct cancer cells were placed in the liver of animals with bile duct obstruction, they grew more rapidly than identical cells placed in animals without bile duct obstruction.   view more (2007-04-30)

Evolution reveals an independent route for diversity in animal form
Researchers have found that Cnidaria, a group of marine animals noted for diverse morphology among its constituent species, actually lacks the ancient "Hox" gene system that is essential for the development of most other animals.   view more (2006-05-05)

Unravelling a genetic mystery
Research by a University of Nottingham expert has shed new light on a genetic mystery that has its origins millions of years ago.   view more (2005-03-02)

Leptin has powerful effect on reward center in the brain
Leptin, a hormone critical for normal food intake and metabolism, exerts a strong effect on appetite by acting in the mid-brain region as well as in the hypothalamus.   view more (2006-09-29)

House Of Lords Inquiry Into Animals In Scientific Procedures
The House of Lords has appointed a committee chaired by Lord Smith of Clifton, to conduct an inquiry on issues respecting animals in scientific procedures in the United Kingdom. The terms of reference of the committee are: "To consider and report on issues respecting animals in scientific... view more (2001-04-02)

Does a producer benefit from research?
ISAE Helsinki 2004 Information bulletin August 4, 2004 Does a producer benefit from research? In the view of professor Per Jensen, an ethologist at Linköping University in Sweden and one of the world's leading experts on animal behaviour, Nordic animal welfare research is of a high standard... view more (2004-08-04)

Antibiotic resistance in farm animals
Pigs and other farm animals are harbouring major reservoirs of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to research presented today (Wednesday, 08 September 2004) at the Society for General Microbiology's 155th Meeting in Trinity College Dublin, by researchers from the University of Leeds.   view more (2004-08-23)
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