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2 days ago · Although Linnaeus included many Galliformes in his genus Phasianius—such as the domestic chicken and its wild ancestor the red junglefowl, nowadays Gallus gallus—today only the common and the green pheasant are placed in this genus.
3 days ago · Domesticated animals have undergone significant changes in their behavior, morphology, and physiological functions during domestication. To identify the changes in gene expression associated with domestication, we collected the RNA-seq data of pigs, chickens, wild boars, and red junglefowl from public databases and performed a meta-analysis. Gene expression was quantified, and the expression ratio between domesticated animals and their wild ancestors (DW-ratio) was calculated. Genes were ...
Jun 14, 2024 · Narrated by Paul Giamatti, it shows incredible footage of osprey flying, fishing, fighting off eagles and in their nests raising chicks on the mouth of the Connecticut River, which contains one of the highest concentrations of breeding osprey along the southern New England coast.
1 day ago · No carry-on is more fragile than the two Guam kingfisher chicks that a bird expert recently carried on a Delta flight out of Pittsburgh International Airport. Extinct in the wild for 40 years, there are fewer than 150 kingfishers on the planet – all in Association of Zoos and Aquarium-accredited facilities across the United States.
5 days ago · Veronica thinks about sex all the time. She says while being constantly horny can be "lovely", it's often exhausting — and distracting. While the stereotype of men always wanting sex and women ...
Jul 10, 2024 · Those large commercial cullings peaked the second half of 2022 in Colorado, and in 2023 the state saw a relative trickle of reported cases, mostly in backyard or small commercial operations, as well as in wild birds. But in February of this year, 67,000 chickens were killed in an outbreak at a farm in Delta County, marking a grim resurgence.
9 hours ago · A bridge that connects Manhattan to the Bronx got stuck on the hottest day of 2024 so far in New York City. Built in 1898, the Third Avenue Bridge crosses the Harlem River, and serves as the link ...
