animals
Do animals dream and if so, what about?
ONE autumn day in 2020, Daniela Rößler drove home with a car full of jumping spiders. Her lab was closed due to covid-19 regulations, so, after a day in a dry field spent corralling her specimens, Rößler had no option other than to bring them back to her house. When, by chance, she checked on…
Inside the milk bank creating infant formula for orphaned animals
Sherman the screaming hairy armadillo pup being fed a custom infant formula Roshan Patel/Smithsonian’s National Zoo/Conservation Biology Institute Orca milk smells dizzyingly fishy. Seal milk has a rich orange hue. Reindeer milk, perhaps fittingly, is as thick as eggnog. Not that I am tempted to try it, or any of the other unusual milks I…
Electric eel zaps can genetically modify other nearby animals
Scientists use electricity to make cells take up DNA – and the same process could happen in nature thanks to electric eels’ shocking powers Source link