
Dr. Dolittle
@DrDoScienceBlog
Comparative Physiologist, Proud member of the American Physiological Society (APS)
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Of mice and men: Study reveals how exercise and age change muscles: lifelinesblog.com/2025/10/10/how… #exercise #health #wellness @AJPRegu

Meet the Tuatara, New Zealand's living fossil. No, we are not talking about the luxury sports car. We are talking about a reptile that is even cooler... lifelinesblog.com/2025/08/22/mee… #animals #reptile #biology #evolution #NewZealand #Tuatara (photo by Sid Mosdell via Wikimedia)

Best Friend or Stress Test? According to the NIH, 68% of households in the United States have a pet. Pets are thought to help people by decreasing stress and…lifelinesblog.com/2025/08/15/bes… #pets #dogs #health #stress #medicine Photo by Anna Tarazevich on Pexels.com

Your body has a small amount of special fat, called brown adipose tissue and research shows it does way more that generate heat and burn calories. Find out more: lifelinesblog.com/2025/08/12/bro… #BrownFat #Health #hibernation #weightloss #science #metabolism #medicine

A showdown between bull sharks turns chaotic when Paul de Gelder takes a surprise plunge 😳 Catch Bull Shark Showdown Friday at 10p as #SharkWeek continues on Discovery!
Research shows that leadership roles can be stressful for both leaders and subordinates. Find out more on LifeLinesBlog: lifelinesblog.com/2025/07/24/lea… #leader #health #stress #management #mentalhealth #medicine #animals

Happy Shark Week! In this LifeLinesBlog post, we explore the surprising risks of fasting in juvenile tiger sharks: lifelinesblog.com/2025/07/21/whe… #diet #fasting #SharkWeek #health #animals #ocean
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When fasting bites back: The bile dilemma in tiger sharks
Photo by Kris Mikael Krister, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Happy Shark Week!! In this post, we take a look at how fasting may harm young tiger sharks. Sharks LOVE to eat fish, which are packed w…
As if drinking blood weren't bad enough, find out what other gross things mosquitoes do while drinking blood on LifeLinesBlog: lifelinesblog.com/2025/07/17/mos… #animals #science #mosquitos #MosquitoControl #health #insects #medicine #summer
Red, White, and Bison: Celebrating Freedom and National Bison Month. Learn more about these remarkable animals: lifelinesblog.com/2025/07/04/red… #animals #science #winter #NationalBisonMonth #independenceday2025

Time Machine: Is lactic acid really to blame for muscle fatigue? Find out the answer on LifeLinesBlog: lifelinesblog.com/2025/06/30/tim… #exercise #fitness #health @APSPhysiology
Ocean oddity: Find out how teleost fish stay hydrated in saltwater and maintain healthy ocean ecosystems: lifelinesblog.com/2025/06/19/oce… #ocean #fish #animals #environment #science @APS_CEPS @APSPhysiology
Check out these new findings about human and avian muscle adaptations to endurance exercise: lifelinesblog.com/2025/06/13/mus… #exercise #athlete #science #animal #health #medicine #fitness

Time Machine: Keeping it hot...or not. Taking a look at how body temperature is regulated in this foundational review from 1921 by Dr. Henry Barbour (Yale University): lifelinesblog.com/2025/06/04/tim…
An agile hunter of fish, learn more about this carnivorous, semi-aquatic mammal, including how to identify each of the 13 species found worldwide, habitat, diet and other key species facts. discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/m…
By parking harbor seals in front of, essentially, an arcade, researchers got a better sense of how they navigate such cloudy waters. trib.al/bWwattz

Discovered by accident - Find out how queen bumblebees can hibernate underwater: lifelinesblog.com/2025/05/29/dis… #animals #science #nature #environment #flooding @APSPhysiology @APS_CEPS

"Hummingbirds of the Night": How bats and hummingbirds deal with high carbohydrate meals and what we can learn from them about diabetes and aging: lifelinesblog.com/2025/05/27/hum… @APS_CEPS @APSPhysiology #diet #exercise #nutrition #health #medicine #animals #science #BloodSugarControl
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“Hummingbirds of the Night”
Photo by Erick Arce on Pexels.com A reference to nectar-feeding bats as “hummingbirds of the night” in a presentation at the 2025 American Physiology Summit in Baltimore last month caug…
The electrophysiology of sudden cardiac death in high-performance athletes and detection of risk factors in animals and humans discussed at #2025APS: lifelinesblog.com/2025/05/25/the… #HorseRacing #horses #health #medicine #exercise #athlete #science @APS_CEPS @APSPhysiology

Some like it hot: Genetic twists in warm hibernation discussed at last month's #2025APS lifelinesblog.com/2025/05/17/som… #animals #health #science #medicine #space @APS_CEPS @APSPhysiology

No air? No problem: check out how animals survive some of the harshest environments: lifelinesblog.com/2025/05/13/no-… #animals #medicine #health #environment #Science

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