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Resistance to last-ditch antibiotic has spread farther than anticipated


Eighteen months ago, a gene that confers resistance to colistin — known as an ‘antibiotic of last resort’ — emerged in bacteria from pigs in China. Since then, the resistance gene, called mcr-1, has been found around the world at an alarming rate, according to several presentations at the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, last week.



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What is the Queensland Dog Breeder Register?


The Queensland Government has introduced new laws to promote the responsible breeding of dogs. These new laws will provide the tools – including a Dog Breeder Register – to help locate breeders who place profit before the welfare of their dogs.


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Here’s what your cat’s tail is trying to tell you


Cat owners are keenly tuned in to their pets’ body language, but once in a while the felines will throw a curve. Sometimes it’s in their tails.


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Sensitivity to inequity is in wolves' and dogs’ blood


Not only dogs but also wolves react to inequity -- similar to humans or primates, suggests new research. Wolves and dogs refused to cooperate in an experiment when only the partner got a treat or they themselves received a lower quality reward. The sensitivity to inequity is not likely to be an effect of domestication, as assumed so far. It is rather a behavior inherited from a common ancestor.


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Outback wildlife sanctuary in NT undertakes biggest feral cat eradication project in the world


Work is underway at Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary north-west of Alice Springs to create a feral animal-free zone by building a 44-kilometre fence. It has been described as the largest feral cat eradication project in the world, and will eventually span 100,000 hectares.


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RBST free: Fonterra shuns injectable hormones


DAIRY processor Fonterra has rejected any moves for the introduction of injectable hormones in Australia to increase milk production.


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RSPCA fears for Australian ponies, horses and donkeys facing live export for slaughter


Australia’s ponies, horses and donkeys are next on the Australian Government’s live export hit list, facing a perilous journey before being slaughtered overseas for their skin and meat.


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Darwin's Tree of Life to Become Multi-Dimensional


The tree of life is about to go hyper-dimensional. The two-dimensional tree of life that Charles Darwin first conceived over 150 years ago in his book "On the Origin of Species" should probably look more like a knotted, interlocking forest of trees, scientists argued.


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