Developmental shifts in stage-specific gene expression can provide a ready mechanism of phenotypic change by altering the rate or timing of ontogenetic events. We found that the high-altitude Tibetan antelope (Panthelops hodgsonii) has evolved an adaptive increase in blood-O2 affinity by truncating the ancestral ontogeny of globin gene expression such …
Developmental shifts in stage-specific gene expression can provide a ready mechanism of phenotypic change by altering the rate or timing of ontogenetic events. We found that the high-altitude Tibetan antelope (Panthelops hodgsonii) has evolved an adaptive increase in blood-O2 affinity by truncating the ancestral ontogeny of globin gene expression such …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jeyenth Vijayaraghavanam Vs Union of India & Others dated 02/01/2019 regarding a zoological park by name ‘Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Zoological Park’ in Kamalapura, near Hampi in Ballari district which according to the applicant which is being established without getting …
Long-distance migration can be seen throughout the animal kingdom and can have large impacts on population dynamics and species distributions. The act of migration itself also affects the evolution of a species, as evolutionary forces select for certain characteristics in animals conducting long-distance migration. Monarch butterflies are best known for …
The century-old idea that stripes make zebras cryptic to large carnivores has never been examined systematically. We evaluated this hypothesis by passing digital images of zebras through species-specific spatial and colour filters to simulate their appearance for the visual systems of zebras’ primary predators and zebras themselves. We also measured …
Long-distance migration can lower parasite prevalence if strenuous journeys remove infected animals from wild populations. We examined wild monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) to investigate the potential costs of the protozoan Ophryocystis elektroscirrha on migratory success. We collected monarchs from two wintering sites in central Mexico to compare infection status with …
Calcutta, Aug. 1: Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have discovered a new bird on the Great Nicobar Island, the second report of a bird species previously unknown to science in independent India. ZSI scientists S. Rajesh Kumar and C. Raghunathan spotted the species, named the Great Nicobar …
Mad-cow, bird-flu or swine-flu - the world is more than familiar with “human-animal diseases”. A global study mapping these diseases, that jump species from animal hosts to humans, found that an “unlucky” 13 zoonoses were responsible for 2.4 billion cases of human illness and 2.2 million deaths per year. And …
Mumbai: The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has banned the use of live animals in dissection and other experiments in educational and research institutions. But scientists conducting new molecular research will be exempted from the ban. Based on the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (1960), the MoEF …
We still do not know 60-70% of the living insect species in India and almost all of these yet unnamed species probably occur only in our Protected Areas now. 'No permits to survey in' or 'unrestricted access to these areas given to qualified specialist scientists' means no knowledge about three …
Animal rights group People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on Tuesday demanded a ban on dissection in zoology classes in universities and colleges. It said a central panel comprising experts from University Grant Commission and HRD Ministry have recommended that colleges should reduce animal dissection in zoology and life …
Here the researchers present an observation on the rutting behaviour of the nationally threatened population of Red Deer in Kashmir, Cervus elaphus hanglu, commonly known as Hangul, in the Dachigam National Park (DNP). Original Source
We review the evolution of domestic animals, emphasizing the effect of the earliest steps of domestication on its course. Using the first domesticated species, the dog (Canis familiaris) as an illustration, we describe the evolutionary specificities of the historical domestication, such as the high level and wide range of diversity. …
The paper explored the diversity of edible insects, collection patterns and temporal availability in the West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India. The district is inhabited by the Galo, Adi, Memba and Khamba tribes. However, the study only explored the ethnozoology of Galo tribe. The study reveals that the …
The Zoological Survey of India was established on 1st July, 1916 to promote survey, exploration and research leading to the advancement in our knowledge of the various aspects of the exceptionally rich animal life of the erstwhile 'British Indian Empire'. Initially the Survey acquired the zoological collections of more than …
The Zoological Survey of India was established on 1st July, 1916 to promote survey, exploration and research leading to the advancement in our knowledge of the various aspects of the exceptionally rich animal life of the erstwhile 'British Indian Empire'. Initially the Survey acquired the zoological collections of more than …
The 16th Biennial International Zoological Conference began at Kazi Nazrul Islam auditorium of Rajshahi University (RU) yesterday. The theme of the three-day conference is 'Natural resources conservation: Zoological perspective'. Department of Zoology of Rajshahi University organised the conference. Quazi Azhar Ali, vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University, attended the inaugural session as …
of the worlds major biologically diverse zones, the Eastern and Western Ghats of India are among the richest, providing natural conservation to many unknown species of plants and animals. They chronicle many undisclosed stories of evolution. Adding another feather to the biodiversity hotspot of the Western Ghats, entomologists have discovered …
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions have successfully implanted genetically engineered human embryonic stem (ES) cells into the hearts of guinea pigs (Circulation, Vol 432, No 7015). If replicated in humans, the technique could replace electronic pacemakers used by hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. These devices are used to …
western biomedical scientists working on primates are flocking to China, which lacks stern regulations on animal research. Absence of animal rights groups and low cost of research in the communist nation also encourage them, making many of them even take up full-time positions in various Chinese institutions engaged in primate …
No one who reads a newspaper, however cursorily, could miss the news that Stephen Jay Gould, Professor of Zoology at Harvard University, died of lung cancer on May 20, 2002. He had fought his way out of another cancer, a rare form of abdominal cancer, 20 years ago. His reaction …
