For some fish, being born close to a new moon increases the chances they will develop as male, while female offspring are more likely when the moon is full, a new study has found.

cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/7680

The number of pathogens that could trigger the next pandemic has grown to more than 30, and now includes influenza A virus, dengue virus and monkeypox virus, according to an updated list published by the World Health Organization (WHO) this week. Researchers say that the list of ‘priority pathogens’ will help organizations to decide where to focus their efforts in developing treatments, vaccines and diagnostics.

cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/2066

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/25010101

Boops boops (/ˈboʊ.ɒps ˈboʊ.ɒps/; from Ancient Greek βόωψ, literally 'ox-eyed'), commonly called the bogue, is a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic

Domain: 	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Spariformes
Family:	Sparidae
Genus:	Boops
Species:	B. boops

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/24113865

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/23517604

Link to patient profile: https://mmrpatients.org/patient/el2401-female-otter-pup-name-tbd/

Patient Record (as of 2024-06-20)

Species: Sea Otter
Patient ID: EL2401
Admitted on: 2024/06/17
Collection Site: Wikkaninnish Island
Reason for Admission: Maternal separation
Weight at Admission: 2.10 kg
Patient Status: in care
Time in Care: 2 days
Current Habitat: Hospital (Intensive Care) 

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Such a perfect ending for a paper!

"The animals themselves did not long survive in the aquarium. A slow process of dissolution set in at some point on the body, and gradually more and more of the tissue melted away till only the tentacle- and brain-region remained. This crept about for a few days, but finally it, too, disintegrated. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, May 12, 1893."

Wheeler, W. M. (1894). Journal of Morphology, 9(2), 195–201. doi:10.1002/jmor.1050090203

@biology

Any chance someone knows anything about it? It was found in the Great Lakes area. It's about palm sized, found near a tree by the playground. I returned it to an out of the way place where kids wouldn't mess it it.