Arbor Assays DetectX® Cortisol Kit Sets a New Standard in Koala Joey Rescue
Despite the best efforts and intentions, mortality remains high after rescuing orphaned baby animals, and scientists are still determining why....
Bad neighbors: Human settlement and climate change are stressing Kenya’s elephants.
The home territories of African elephants in Laikipia County, Kenya, have become a mosaic of human settlements and non-protected savannahs....
Consumption of fire ants may enhance immune functions of lizards
Invasive species being introduced to a non-native environment is a growing and ongoing concern. The impact of these species can...
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...
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...
2022 Q2 Promotion
April 1 – June 30, 2022 10% off all DetectX® Stress and Metabolism Assay Kits Valid on U.S. orders only...
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...
Managing Stress and Anxiety with Diet
HOW DOES DIET REDUCE STRESS? It’s not a secret that diet can be part of an effective strategy for controlling...
Cannabis Use and Stress
Cannabis has long been used for stress reduction, and its anxiolytic and anti-depressive abilities are generally well accepted. However, acute...
Chronic Stress & PTSD
Chronic repeated unpredictable stress induces PTSD in mice… and likely humans, too. Chronic stress can lead to dysregulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)...
The Power of Non-Invasive Fecal Biomarker Testing
Non-invasive fecal hormone analysis for stress and reproduction assessment in wildlife studies Hormone levels are widely used to measure stress...