A new study by a 91ΧΤΕΔ team that included the 91ΧΤΕΔ offers new evidence to support what scientists have long suspected about dogs: that some dog behaviors that help characterize breeds β€” a drive to chase, for example, or aggression toward strangers β€” are associated with distinct genetic differences among them.
A new 91ΧΤΕΔ-led study examines one key stress-inducing circumstance β€” the effects of social hierarchy β€” and how cells respond to the hormones that are released in response to that stress.
Researchers from the 91ΧΤΕΔ and seven other institutions are working together to restore a Puerto Rican 91ΧΤΕΔ station and its nearby community following the damage wrought last week by Hurricane Maria. The 91ΧΤΕΔ station known as Monkey Island is located on Cayo Santiago, off the southeast coast of mainland Puerto Rico, and is home to more than 1,000 rhesus monkeys. A site of scientific 91ΧΤΕΔ since the 1930s, Monkey Island is staffed year-round by dozens of…