How Social Signaling Drives Chameleon Color Change
How Social Signaling Drives Chameleon Color Change
What drove the evolution of color change in chameleons? Chameleons can use color change to camouflage and to signal to other chameleons, but a new paper published in the open-access journal PLoS Biology shows that the need to rapidly signal to other chameleons, and not the need to camouflage from predators, has driven the evolution of this characteristic trait.
Calling For More Veterinarians, USA
Veterinarians recently took to Capitol Hill to help spread the message that our country’s ability to protect its food supply - and its capacity for zoonotic and food-animal disease research - is insufficient and needs federal support. Dr. W. Ron DeHaven, executive vice president of the American Veterinary Medical Association, was one of four veterinarians to testify January 23 before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health.
Veterinary Health Services Key To Preventing And Controlling Human And Animal Diseases
The Rockefeller Foundation has awarded the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University a grant to assess veterinary health services in Indonesia and consider how advanced training of Indonesian veterinarians can enhance Indonesia’s capacity to prevent and control infectious diseases shared by animals and people.