Personality matters: exploring the relationship between personality and stress physiology in captive African lions
Lions are animals beloved across the world. Unfortunately, at the current rate of habitat loss and poaching, African lions could...
What are oxytocin assays measuring?
Oxytocin is a nine amino acid cyclic peptide with 2 disulfide loops made in the hypothalamus and controlled by the...
Saving the Kea
Kea Nestor notabilis, otherwise known as kea, is an endangered alpine parrot species from New Zealand. The Cincinnati Zoo, an...
Nanoparticles for Safer Cancer Treatments
Cancer therapies have a notoriously long list of potential side-effects and treatment-induced toxicities, which can impede effective treatment and unnecessarily...
Don’t Stress Out When Measuring Corticosterone
Our DetectX® Corticosterone ELISA Kit has been used on samples from Aardvarks to Whales including serum, plasma, urine, saliva, hair, bone, tissue...
DNA Damage: A Potential Indicator of Animal Welfare
DNA Damage as a Potential Non-Invasive Indicator of Welfare in Zoo-Housed Grizzly Bears WHYAnimal wellbeing is evaluated through welfare indicators...
Olive-Oil Enriched Chocolate and its Effects on Oxidative Stress in Diabetes Patients
New Study in Oxidative Stress Uses Arbor Assays’ DetectX® Nitric Oxide Colorimetric Detection Kit WHYType 2 diabetes mellitus (T2 DM)...
Direct Effects of Air Pollution on Cortisol Levels
Traffic-Related Air Pollution and a Rise in Cortisol Levels Why? Prior research has shown that traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) plays...
What’s in a Whisker?
WHAT’S IN A SEAL’S WHISKER? WHY? Scientists are always looking for unique ways to obtain non-invasive tissues for physiological analysis...
Flowerpot Method Does Not Induce Stress
FLOWERPOT METHOD DOES NOT INDUCE STRESS Scientists rely heavily upon the flowerpot method of rapid eye movement sleep (REMS) deprivation...
Ginger: An Ancient Wonder Drug?
Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is one of the most commonly consumed spices in the world and has been used for thousands...
Keeping Your Elephants Happy
KEEPING YOUR ELEPHANTS HAPPY A new longitudinal study from ISWE members. A basic understanding of wildlife endocrinology is critical to...