Aging rhesus macaques show broader protein changes in blood than in brain fluid
A study of 66 rhesus macaques found age-related differences in many more measured proteins in plasma than in…
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Seven overlaps linked wild-bird H5 clusters with poultry outbreaks in the US
Across seven periods between 2022 and 2025, clusters of H5 detections in wild waterfowl overlapped in time and…
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Common Terns Extended Foraging Trips by Up to 87% in Poor Prey and Productivity Years
Four Gulf of Maine breeding seasons showed that common terns increased foraging-trip duration by 23–87% and expanded foraging…
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Remote Camera Provided First Direct Video Documentation of a Coyote Taking a Turkey Vulture Nestling
A remote camera in Armstrong County, Texas, recorded a coyote carrying one turkey vulture nestling from a nest…
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PCB Concentrations in Birds Near Anniston Were Among the Highest Recorded in North America
An exposure study of seven bird species along Snow Creek and Choccolocco Creek near Anniston, Alabama, found PCB…
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Ulnar and Cardiac Blood Samples Differed in Uric Acid but Not Glucose in Mourning Doves
Paired blood samples from 13 wild-caught mourning doves showed similar glucose concentrations between ulnar-vein and post-euthanasia cardiac samples,…
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Heart Rate, Breathing Rate and Body Temperature Fell as Hand-reared Reindeer Calves Grew
Daily measurements from hand-reared reindeer calves in Alaska showed that heart rate, respiratory rate and body temperature declined…
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Almost All Adult Common Tern Call Types Had Distinct Measurable Acoustic Profiles
A May 2026 bioRxiv preprint quantified four frequency- and duration-based features of adult common tern calls from a…
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Hand-reared Caribou Calves Drank Less Milk as Daily Maximum Temperatures Rose
In five hand-reared Alaska caribou calves, each 1°C increase in maximum daily temperature was associated with about 14…
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