Biology Zoology

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Wild raccoons considered to be a source of zoonotic pathogens were monitored for the presence of Providencia species in Japan and analyzed for cytolethal distending toxin (cdt) genes.
23 Apr 2025
Raccoons considered to be a source of zoonotic pathogens were monitored
Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus)
31 Mar 2025
An Osaka Metropolitan University-led research team investigated the case of a male Asian small-clawed otter that fell down the stairs while sleeping, after which it developed left-sided paralysis
Small-scale fisheries in Southeast Asia. (Photo: Matsuishi Takashi Fritz)
21 Mar 2025
Despite decades of warnings about overfishing, Southeast Asia’s capture fisheries have proven remarkably robust.
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17 Mar 2025
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Anemonefish seem to understand what food to feed their host sea anemones for their mutual benefit.
26 Feb 2025
Anemonefish provision food they don’t eat to increase size of host sea anemones
New advancements in veterinary regenerative medicine plausible with these pluripotent cells.
25 Feb 2025
Advancement in veterinary regenerative medicine can help domestic and endangered wild cats alike
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20 Feb 2025
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Edward Hopper's Nighthawks with medaka fish heads in place of human heads
12 Feb 2025
Field observations in natural river environment hold clues to easing model organisms’ life in labs
Antarctic midges mating
12 Feb 2025
Antarctic midge 1st reported organism using both quiescence and obligate diapause in multiple overwintering
The suckling behavior of a wild Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin. (Photo provided by Takashi Hayakawa, © Mikurashima Tourism Association)
22 Jan 2025
Juvenile dolphins were found to have specialized receptors for fatty acids on their tongues, offering new insights into their growth and feeding habits.
The pineal gland of zebrafish is located atop the head
14 Jan 2025
Zebrafish arrestins take turns inactivating key protein depending on intensity of light
Medaka mating
23 Dec 2024
Intimate insights into relationship between cost of gamete production and sexual selection
Clostridium perfringens spore formation in the intestines
11 Dec 2024
Amino acid serine inhibits Clostridium perfringens spore formation
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06 Dec 2024
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20 Nov 2024
Typically, closely related animal species have difficulty coexisting because they are competing for similar resources. Despite eating the same figs, binturong, small-toothed palm, masked palm, and common palm civets do coexist together. To understand how they coexist, a new study explores their degree of faunivory.
Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay (researcher) and Kazuki Seike (translator) during a personal interview with a coastal fisher at a Fisheries Cooperative Association in the northern region of Shikoku Island. (Credit: Kameyuki Seike)
25 Oct 2024
A new scientific study reveals the complex relationship between the impacts of climate change and the adaptive responses of coastal fishers in the southern coasts of Japan.
Graphical representation of Providencia rustigianii and select genes
16 Oct 2024
Pathogenic system found on plasmid can lead to severe food poisoning symptoms
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07 Oct 2024
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A hibernating Syrian hamster (Photo: Hibernation metabolism, physiology, and development group, Hokkaido University)
01 Oct 2024
A gene that limits cellular damage could be the key to surviving prolonged cold exposure.
Fish in the mirror
11 Sep 2024
Cleaner wrasse check their body size before fights due to having their own mental representation
A medaka fish from the study. (Photo: Saori Yokoi)
05 Sep 2024
Medaka fish that lacked functional Hmgn2 genes were unable to distinguish between simple shapes, revealing a new function for the regulatory gene.
Sterilization of cats and other companion animals, such as by removing the uterus, is a common procedure, with the donated uterus of cats providing the cells to generate feline induced pluripotent stem cells.
03 Sep 2024
Feeder-free induced pluripotent stem cells hold hope in therapies for cats’ chronic kidney disease
transcriptome meta-analysis workflow-pig and wild boar-chicken and red junglefowl
03 Aug 2024
Wild boars and red junglefowl gave rise to common pigs and chickens. These animals’ genes evolved to express themselves differently, leading to signatures of domestication — such as weaker bones and better viral resistance — in pigs and chickens, according to a research team based in Japan.
Helper (left) and dominant breeder/parent (right) of Neolamprologus savoryi
14 Jun 2024
Study shows fish may use punishment to promote help from their offspring
More accurate detection method
22 May 2024
Novel real-time PCR method might become diagnostic tool targeting emerging bacterium responsible for food poisoning outbreaks
12 Apr 2024
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Illustration of the body plan of a toothed whale, with a cross section of the head showing the melon (dark yellow) and the extramandibular fat bodies (light yellow) which are key organs for using sound such as echolocation. (Hayate Takeuchi, Takashi Fritz Matsuishi, Takashi Hayakawa. Gene. January 20, 2024)
08 Apr 2024
Genetic analysis finds evidence suggesting that acoustic fat bodies in the heads of toothed whales were once the muscles and bone marrow of the jaw.
25 Mar 2024
A marine biologist is inching closer to conquering science’s over 120-year pursuit to farm lobsters by letting these “dragons of the sea” get real weird.
Little auks flying over the colony (Siorapaluk, Greenland, 2022; Photo: Monica Ogawa).
15 Mar 2024
Acoustic recordings of a colony of little auks reveal their nocturnal activities and offer valuable monitoring means for avian biology in the Arctic.
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15 Jan 2024
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Researchers

Yukio Yasui
Dr. Yukio Yasui is an Associate Professor at Kagawa University. He has dedicated his research work to ecology, ethology and evolutionary biology studies, with his more recent work on the evolution of sex.
Mags Crumlish
Professor Crumlish has researched aquatic microbial diseases, specifically ones that have economic impact in global aquaculture, and potential solutions to such infectious diseases. Her current project seeks to develop vaccines against antimicrobial resistance in aquaculture.
Guangshun Jiang
Guangshun Jiang does research in ecology and zoology with a special focus on big feline ecology and conservation research.

Giants in history

During her short life, Fahire Battalgil (1902 - 1948) achieved renown as the first zoologist from Turkey to make strides in the field of freshwater fish biodiversity.
Lim Boo Liat (21 August 1926 – 11 July 2020), a leading authority in the conservation of Malaysia’s biological diversity, had his initial interest in the outdoors piqued by nature lessons in school. Lim, who helped found the National Zoo of Malaysia and re-establish the Malaysian Nature Society, had a particular interest in researching zoonotic diseases associated with small animals.
Thai physician and conservationist Boonsong Lekagul (1907 – 1992) made major contributions to the preservation of his country’s wildlife.
Ali
Little is known about Ali, a teenager from Sarawak, Malaysia, who was chief assistant to the famous naturalist Alfred Wallace. Most of what is known comes from Wallace’s writings. Ali accompanied Wallace on expeditions throughout the Malay Archipelago from December 1855 to February 1862.
Joo-myung Seok (November 13, 1908 – October 6, 1950) was a Korean butterfly entomologist who made important contributions to the taxonomy of the native butterfly species in Korea.
Võ Quý (1929 – 2017) was a Vietnamese ornithologist who studied the destruction of tropical forests and agricultural lands in Vietnam by Agent Orange, a herbicide used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War. In addition to planning forest restoration projects, Quý rediscovered the rare eastern sarus crane, an endangered species that had vanished during the war.