Fear of predators causes PTSD-like changes in brains of wild animals
Fear can be measured in the brain and fearful life-threatening events can leave quantifiable long-lasting traces in the neural circuitry […]
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Most emerging infectious diseases affecting people are zoonotic — they make the jump from other animals to humans. Transmission, however, […] Although moderately mobile, marine cone snails have perfected several strategies to capture prey. Some fish-hunting species release venom into the […] Blood from horseshoe crabs is essential for many drug, implant and environmental safety tests — but blood harvesting, together with […]
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Gory, freaky, cool: Marine snail venom could improve insulin for diabetic patients
Invaluable to the medical industry, the horseshoe crab is under threat
