The Dog Aging Project

Our findings broadly establish companion dogs as a translational model for uncovering molecular mechanisms of lifespan variation, epigenomic instability, and age-related disease. We demonstrate that shorter-lived dogs do not merely die earlier; they undergo accelerated molecular aging specific to genomic locations and structures. Thus, lifespan variation within a species is reflected not only in the pace of epigenetic aging but also in the genomic architecture through which aging unfolds.

Epigenetic aging and transposon dysregulation reflect size-related lifespan compression in dogs – https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeb2986

Canine mortality. Kind of fits with this blog theme, no?

Can your dog predict an earthquake? Evidence is Shaky

The paper published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America instead suggests that most of this “evidence” consists of single observations and anecdotes that cannot be tested rigorously. Its authors suggest a series of questions that researchers should use in analyzing the evidence that abnormal animal behavior predicts earthquakes.

Read the source article here.