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Scientists freed lab mice into the wild, and the result was shocking

When scientists opened the doors of a research facility and let carefully bred lab mice loose into a fenced field, they expected skittish, fragile animals to struggle. Instead, the mice rapidly shed ...
The Conversation

Wild animals can experience trauma and adversity too − as ecologists, we came up with an index to track how it affects them

Psychologists know that childhood trauma, or the experience of harmful or adverse events, can have lasting repercussions on the health and well-being of people well into adulthood. But while the ...
Mongabay

Animal welfare advocacy must include wildlife & invertebrates (commentary)

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Over recent decades, animal advocacy efforts have been mainly geared towards domesticated animals – including farmed, laboratory and companion ...
FOX5 Las Vegas

Inside the lab: NDOW testing wild birds for avian influenza

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - FOX5 is continuing to track the bird flu in Nevada as the first human case was detected in a dairy farm worker this week about an hour east of Reno. When there are concerns ...
The Cornell Daily Sun

Cornell Wildlife Health Lab Leads Surveillance and Communication Efforts for Chronic Wasting Disease

Researchers at the Cornell Wildlife Health Lab are leading interagency efforts to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease in New York and in the United States. CWD is a transmissible spongiform ...
KWQC

Augustana students turn Duck Creek into living lab for people and wildlife research

ROCK ISLAND, Illinois (KWQC) - Augustana College environmental studies seniors wrapped up a three-year wildlife study at Duck Creek this fall, partnering with Davenport officials to track how people ...
The Trentonian

Stockton Animal Lab Continues Terrapin Rescue Project with Wetlands Institute

Middle Township, N.J. — Reed Herr carefully stepped down into the marsh. The 6-year-old tightly grasped a 3-inch terrapin that had been raised in Stockton University’s Animal Lab, and he eagerly ...
Forbes

Miniature Airways Grown In A Lab Reveal Which Animals Flu Can Infect

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. An adult red panda (Ailurus fulgens) climbing a tree branch at Cotswold Wildlife Park in ...
The New York Times

Global Wildlife Trade Fuels Spread of Disease From Animals to People

Live animal markets and the illegal sale of wildlife pose particular dangers, but any sale of wild animals or animal products poses spillover risks, a new study suggests. By Emily Anthes The global ...