Animal welfare laws don’t protect invertebrates, but there’s evidence that some, such as octopuses, are as intelligent as many mammals – even if their cognition takes very different forms.
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For most people, there’s a strong ‘awe’ factor when witnessing inter-species bonding. What is it about our own psychology that prompts this?
The media regularly report impressive medical advances, but not the animal research that plays a critical role in developing the new treatment or giving us insights into basic science.
In many of the workplaces I visit as a neuroscientist, stressed workers behave much like addicted lab rats. But you don’t have to quit the rat race to start feeling better at work.
Greater collaboration between medicine and veterinary science would give us a better chance of tackling common health problems.
A mystery bidder recently paid US$50,000 to name Dallas zoo’s latest baby giraffe. As we humans know, your name significantly affects your life. It has been shown to influence your career choice, a phenomenon…
Despite killing a majority of people it infects, some patients survive the onslaught of Ebola virus. What gives them this resistance, ask Michael Katze, professor of microbiology, and colleagues from the…
Exposure to an indoor dog in the first year of life is associated with a child’s odds of developing type 1 diabetes, new…
Our series, Animals in Research, profiles the top organisms used for science experimentation. In this instalment, we look at the original lab rats: Rattus norvegicus. Rats have a long history in medical…
Studies in non-human animals have led to “countless” treatments for various diseases, according to a recent article on The Conversation. But the author, Gavan McNally, provided no scientific references…
“AUSTRALIANS SAY NO TO ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS,” rang the headline of a recent media release by the activist group Humane Research Australia, referring to an opinion poll it commissioned in May that found…
Our series, Animals in Research, profiles the top organisms used for science experimentation. Here, we look at a species familiar to most: Mus musculus, or the mouse. Mice have been close companions of…
Our series, Animals in Research, profiles the top organisms used for science experimentation. Here, we look at Caenorhabditis elegans – a roundworm. When you think of a worm, what do you see? For some…
Our series, Animals in Research, profiles the top organisms used for science experimentation. Here, we look at Danio rerio - the zebrafish. Zebrafish are probably not the first creatures that come to mind…
We’ve all heard of lab rats, but what are the other go-to animals for researchers, and why are they so popular? Our new series, Animals in Research, profiles the top creatures for science experimentation…
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Laboratory Head, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, and Associate Professor of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne
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Masters of research student, Macquarie University
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Chief Executive Officer, Phenomics Australia, Australian National University
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Professor of Neuroscience, Queensland University of Technology
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Adjunct Professor (Animal Welfare), Murdoch University and Griffith University, Visiting Lecturer, University of Winchester
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Australian Phenome Bank Coordinator, Australian National University
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Professor, University of Warwick
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Associate Professor of Early Mammalian Development, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Molecular Biology, University of Sydney
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Professor of Musculoskeletal Physiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey
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Professor, Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences and Honorary Professorial Fellow at the Florey Department of Neuroscience & Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Behavioural Neuroscience, UNSW
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Salford
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Professor of Neurophysiology, Macquarie University
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Professor, Dept of Anatomy and Neuroscience, The University of Melbourne