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Grasshoppers binge on sugar and carbs
In an experiment by Dror Hawlena, an ecologist at Yale, grasshoppers were stressed out when they...
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Eat Like an Animal…and Lose Weight?
Eat like a pig for five days. Then eat like a bird for two. London’s latest diet craze is the “The Fast Diet” and it counsels a rotating regimen of eating whatever you want and eating nothing (or next to nothing). As outlined in this New … READ FULL POST
Fecal Therapy: The “New” Cure that’s Old News to Veterinarians
The noses of New York Times readers were collectively wrinkling this week over a piece in the paper's health section. According to research by a Dutch scientist published in the New England Journal of Medicine, something called fecal therapy cures … READ FULL POST
To Save Wildlife, Call an Economist (and maybe Hillary Clinton)
Today I learned something disturbing: the United States is the second-largest destination market for smuggled wildlife products. That means that I live in a country with a high demand for poached rhino horns and elephant tusks. Bear organs and big … READ FULL POST
Zoobiquity Conference 2013
Bullying, Infertility, Cancer and Obesity: the health of patients of many species was featured at the recent Zoobiquity Conference, September 29.
AAAS Science Book Award Finalist!
by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD & Kathryn Bowers
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