Meet Siku, the itchy polar bear: How allergies are affecting animals
It may be that zoo animals are so well cared for they develop allergies as a side effect. In 2018, staff at Lincoln Park Zoo ...
3D-printed ‘skin’ could make testing cosmetics on animals obsolete
Researchers from Graz University of Technology and the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) in India are working on what ...
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3-D Printed skin to replace animal testing
A research team is developing a 3D-printed skin imitation equipped with living cells in order to test nanoparticles from cosmetics without animal testing.
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Why African elephants appear wrinkled
The millions of micrometer-wide fractures in elephants’ skin retain mud and water after mud baths, helping the animals stay hydrated between trips to the water hole. Evaporation from the mud and ...