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Chicken has amazing visual ability
Animal world

Chicken has amazing visual ability

Researchers from the Department of Medicine, University of Washington, USA, have discovered chicken eyes with incredible visual ability, opening up research directions f…

December 16, 2018
City birds are afraid of obesity
Animal world

City birds are afraid of obesity

Electric light in cities helps birds have more time to feed, but they maintain a strict diet to prevent obesity.

December 16, 2018
Gene-encoded mouse cells are controlled by light
Animal world

Gene-encoded mouse cells are controlled by light

Experts at the University of California in San Francisco have made gene-encoded cells in mice react to light, producing cells that obey the signal of a light or stop at…

December 16, 2018
Frogs sleep in mud
Animal world

Frogs sleep in mud

A cave frog can survive for many years in mud without food and water. The new study sheds light on how other 'dormant' frogs and animals can do this.

December 16, 2018
The ink can recognize light
Animal world

The ink can recognize light

Research shows that light-emitting organs that some squid species use to disguise themselves from predators - usually fish on the seabed - can also recognize light.

December 16, 2018
Discovered two new snakes
Animal world

Discovered two new snakes

A new snake named snakes apricot Gia Lai - Calamaria gialaiensis Ziegler - has been discovered at Kon Ka Kinh National Park, Gia Lai province.

December 16, 2018
Spider 'artist' traps prey with light
Animal world

Spider 'artist' traps prey with light

The cross shape, zigzag shape or twisted shape on the spider web has long been confusing to observers. New research on spiders Australia found that those seemingly usele…

December 16, 2018
Amazing designs of nature (part 1)
Animal world

Amazing designs of nature (part 1)

On the hot desert, the small lizard, 2cm tall, looked up at Parker frightened like a newborn dinosaur who lost her mother. It seems too cute for this harsh land, yet it…

December 16, 2018
Vietnam successfully implanted glowing fish
Animal world

Vietnam successfully implanted glowing fish

Glowing fish due to gene transplants were created in Vietnam. Dozens of glowing fishes are now carefully kept at the Stem Cell Laboratory - HCMC University of Natural Sc…

December 16, 2018
Pig glows to give birth
Animal world

Pig glows to give birth

A glowing pig after being bred with a normal male pig has given birth to 11 piglets, including two piglets carrying the mother's gene, which means it can also glow.

December 16, 2018
why are the forgs is green?
Animal world

why are the forgs is green?

On frog skin there are 3 levels of pigment cells. They work together to bring out the distinctive green color. These pigment cells called chromatophores lie on top of ea…

December 16, 2018
Noise pollution, birds must sing at night
Animal world

Noise pollution, birds must sing at night

Instead of singing during the day, red-necked birds living in major cities in the UK had to sing at night. The reason why birds have to change their behavior during the…

December 16, 2018