Jane Budd

TL;DR: A dataset of 48 resequenced genomes spanning all members of the genus Canis except the black-backed and side-striped jackals, encompassing the global diversity of seven extant canid lineages, finds gene flow between the ancestors of the dhole and African hunting dog and admixture between the gray wolf, coyote, golden jackal, and African golden wolf.

TL;DR: The results suggest that contemporary wolf populations trace their ancestry to an expansion from Beringia at the end of the Last Glacial Maximum, and that this process was most likely driven by Late Pleistocene ecological fluctuations that occurred across the Northern Hemisphere.

TL;DR: Functional assessments showed that ADGRE1 provides protective host defense against Plasmodium infections, and the fact that the inflammatory response to canine babesiosis is similar to complicated falciparum malaria in humans, support the dogs as a model for the study of malaria control and treatment.

TL;DR: This study provides direct ancient genetic evidence that long-range migration has played an important role in the population history of a large carnivore and provides an insight into how wolves survived the wave of megafaunal extinctions at the end of the last glaciation.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors report the details of an oil spill which caused mass mortality of sea snakes in the Gulf of Oman, in particular, the coast of Kalba, Sharjah, UAE.