Animal experiments are widely used to develop new medicines and to test the safety of other products. Many of these experiments cause pain to the animals involved or reduce their quality of life ...

October 22, 2024 • Every American red wolf alive right now is descended from only 14 canids. In the 1970s, humans drove the red wolf to the brink of extinction. Because of that, red wolves today ...

Though measuring animal intelligence is tricky, some animals show remarkable cognitive abilities that may rival our own. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Oct. 25, 2024 — Drosophila is one of the most thoroughly studied lab animals -- with the exception of the female reproductive tract. Now a team of biologists has taken the first deep look at the ...

Animals are disappearing at hundreds of times the normal rate, primarily because of shrinking habitats. Their biggest threat: humans. No trace of the wild South China tiger, Panthera tigris ...

A study by adventure tour operator Explore Worldwide has revealed the animals that people around the globe most want to see in the wild. The research analyzed Google search data across 180 ...

Oct. 17, 2024 — A major new study reveals that carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires have surged by 60 percent globally since 2001, and almost tripled in some of the most climate-sensitive ...

29-year-old Crystal Allen. The Florida native moved from Miami to Ireland and discovered that an animal she had seen in kids' books was actually real. 29-year-old Crystal Allen. The Florida native ...

A Washington Post article last week tried to explain the young calf’s popularity, citing scientific evidence for how the cuteness of animals “hijacks our brains,” similar to the way a baby ...

The role of androgen signalling in avian sexual development is still unclear. This study generated androgen receptor knockout chickens and find that, despite developing typical gonads, the males ...

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The program, now in its second year, allows kids ages three to five to immerse themselves in nature and visit zoo animals every day. "To inspire the next generation of conservationists we wanted ...