Urban rats spread deadly bacteria as they migrate, study finds
Urban rats spread a deadly bacteria as they migrate within cities that can be the source of a potentially life-threatening disease in humans, according to a six-year study by Tufts University researchers and their collaborators that also discovered a novel technique for testing rat kidneys.
You Won’t Believe Which Veterinary Hospitals Made the List: USA TODAY Reveals the Best in America for National Pet Week 2025
You Won’t Believe Which Veterinary Hospitals Made the List: USA TODAY Reveals the Best in America for National Pet Week 2025
It’s National Pet Week 2025, and USA TODAY is honoring the deep bond between pets and their people with a brand-new ranking of America’s Best Veterinary Hospitals—and the results are eye-opening.
Millions of Birdwatchers Help Uncover a Grim Mystery: Why Are Birds Disappearing from Their Safest Havens?
New research reveals an alarming trend—birds are vanishing fastest from the very places they once thrived. Here's what scientists discovered using 36 million sightings and cutting-edge technology.
Ancient Chinese Poems Reveal the 1,400-Year Disappearance of a Smiling River Spirit
Publishing in Current Biology, a team led by Zhigang Mei of the Chinese Academy of Sciences analyzed 724 poems dating back as far as the year 618 to reconstruct the historical range of the Yangtze finless porpoise, a freshwater species once revered in Chinese folklore for its intelligence and seeming smile. Their findings are sobering: the porpoise’s habitat has shrunk by at least 65% over the past 1,400 years, with the steepest declines occurring in the last century.
Scientists Just Unlocked the DNA of a “Unicorn” — But Is It Already Extinct?
Is it extinct, or does it still roam somewhere deep in the misty highland forests of Vietnam and Laos? It has been nicknamed the Asian unicorn due to its almost mythical rarity, and it is the most recently discovered large land mammal, becoming known to science as late as in 1992. Even then, it was already endangered. Today, even the most optimistic estimates say fewer than 100 saola individuals (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) remain, but it could also be extinct by now. The last confirmed sighting in the wild was in 2013. Image credit: ©Toon Fey/WWF
This New $6 Million Vet School Facility Is Set to Revolutionize Clinical Training at Penn Vet
The University of Pennsylvania marked a major milestone in veterinary education with the groundbreaking of the Gail P. Riepe Center for Advanced Veterinary Education—known simply as the CAVE.