A short furrytail
Off the coast of southern California, there is a group of small islands - Channel Islands. About 7000 years ago, mainland grey foxes...
Ruqayya Khan
- Nov 15
- 2 min
Mongoose on the loose
The small Indian mongoose (Urva auropunctata) may be a small carnivorous species, but it has managed to have an incredibly large...
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Parwinder Kaur & Kevin C. Rowe
- Nov 9
- 2 min
Rally for the rakali
The rakali is an Australian native rodent first described in 1804. It's scientific name, Hydromys chrysogaster, translates to...
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Ruqayya Khan & Daniel Lim
- Nov 7
- 2 min
Jird is the word
Though the name of the Libyan jird, Meriones libycus, implies it is somehow special to Libya, this adaptable rodent can be found all...
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Parwinder Kaur
- Oct 18
- 3 min
The three muskaroos
Today, DNA Zoo Australia is celebrating!!! We are very happy to announce the receipt of funding from Lotterywest to build a...
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Ruqayya Khan
- Oct 18
- 1 min
The mane of the hour
Much like a lion's mane, the golden-headed lion tamarin, Leontopithecus chrysomelas, has a brilliant display of orange fur framing their...
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Stephen Richards & Mary Ann McDowell
- Sep 20
- 3 min
Sand flies: very small disease vectors
Blood feeding insects that feed on multiple people can spread disease. Mosquitoes are one example where the female mosquito requires a...
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Parwinder Kaur & Kevin C. Rowe
- Aug 31
- 3 min
The Smoky Mouse - Edging towards extinction
The native Australian rodent the smoky mouse Pseudomys fumeus, also known by the First People’s name ‘Konoom’ (the name is from the...
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Bonnie Kircher
- Aug 26
- 2 min
Reptile profile
The green anole, Anolis carolinensis, is one of over 400 species in the genus Anolis (anoles) and one of over 11,000 species in the group...
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Ruqayya Khan
- Aug 17
- 2 min
Space poddity
The short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis, is one of the most wide spread and abundant dolphin species in the world. They're...
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Elizabeth Flesch
- Aug 4
- 3 min
Don't you phoget about me
The Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) is a true seal and one of the largest members of the Phocidae family, with adults measuring...
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Hojun Song
- Aug 1
- 5 min
Locusts: Jekyll & Hyde or the Incredible Hulk of the insect world
In Robert Louis Stevenson’s short novel, “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” the mild-mannered Dr. Jekyll transformed into the...
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Christopher Beatty
- Jul 27
- 2 min
The dragonfly effect
The Black Petaltail (Tanypteryx hageni) is one of eleven dragonfly species in the family Petaluridae. The family’s name recognizes the...
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Parwinder Kaur
- Jul 18
- 2 min
The lion king
The lion is a large cat native to Africa and India. Lions have captured our imagination for centuries, from the paleolithic cave art to...
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David Weisz
- Jul 18
- 1 min
SRA update for 300 genome assemblies
We are excited to report that with our last assembly release we've hit the 300 assemblies mark, which means it's time to do some raw...
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Parwinder Kaur & Lars Kamphuis
- Jul 8
- 2 min
Sustainability beleafs
Narrow-leafed lupin (NLL; Lupinus angustifolius) is a key rotational crop for sustainable farming systems, whose grain is high in protein...
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Frederic Delsuc
- Jul 1
- 2 min
The ant hunter
The southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla) is one of the two living species of lesser anteaters. Sometimes also called collared or...
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Frédéric Delsuc
- Jun 24
- 2 min
On the shoulders of giants
With more than two meters from head to tail, the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) is the largest anteater species. Anteaters are...
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Daniel Becker
- Jun 13
- 2 min
A rare carnivorous bat genome
Trachops cirrhosus, known as the fringe-lipped bat or the frog-eating bat, is a member of the New World leaf-nosed bats, Phyllostomidae....
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Parwinder Kaur & Paul Sunnucks
- Jun 9
- 3 min
Species and perches
The Eastern Yellow Robin (EYR) is a small insectivorous passerine bird native to eastern Australia, their distinctive piping call is one...
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Ehren Bentz
- Jun 7
- 2 min
Pouchies against ouchies
Southern giant pouched rats (Cricetomys ansorgei), referred to as “Pouchies” due to the fact that they are only distantly related to...
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Ruqayya Khan
- Jun 1
- 2 min
Warrior gerbil
The Mongolian gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus, originated from the harsh highland region of Mongolia. In their natural habitats, they have...
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DNA Zoo Team
- May 26
- 3 min
Primapalooza
To celebrate the DNA Zoo's 200th mammalian species release, we proudly present not one, but three de novo primate genome assemblies for...
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Ruqayya Khan
- May 9
- 1 min
Right off the bat
Affectionately called "sky-puppies" for their puppy-like faces, the Rodrigues flying fox is a member of the Old World mega-bats genus...
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Ruqayya Khan
- May 6
- 1 min
Thumbs up for this genome
The Angolan colobus, Colobus angolensis, is an Old World monkey species found in dense rain forests of the Congo region in Africa. One of...
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