9+ hour, 46+ min ago   (587+ words) A team of researchers in China has sequenced the first complete mitochondrial genome of the jumping plant louse Bactericera gobica and, by combining it with nearly every other Triozidae mitogenome available, assembled the most comprehensive genetic dataset ever compiled for…...

11+ hour, 35+ min ago   (542+ words) The Wuzhishan miniature pig has long been considered one of the most promising large-animal models for cardiac research and xenotransplantation, prized for its physiological closeness to humans and its manageable size. Yet despite its growing importance in translational medicine, no…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (90+ words) {“title”:”Gut Microbes Shape Bat Immunity Differently in Males and Females”,”excerpt”:”A new study of the lesser long-nosed bat reveals that gut bacterial communities are linked to systemic humoral immunity in patterns that differ sharply between males and migrating…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (803+ words) In a finding that could reshape how scientists think about repairing the damaged human heart, researchers at the University of Guelph have shown that the leopard gecko, a small terrestrial reptile best known as a popular pet, can regenerate its…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (94+ words) In 2015, a virus swept through a single Australian river and erased ninety percent of the turtles living in it. The Bellinger River turtle (Myuchelys georgesi), confined to a 60-kilometre stretch of freshwater on the mid-north coast of New South Wales,…...