Commentary: Earth has been called the “Goldilocks planet" because it is positioned just the right distance for life to evolve ...

The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously ...

Wondering about the world's weirdest sea creatures? We've compiled this list of the 20 weirdest animals in the ocean to show ...

The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously ...

Around 16,000 new species are described each year, but most animals and plants are listed as threatened as soon as they are ...

Animal-assisted therapy is a therapeutic intervention that incorporates animals, such as horses, dogs, cats, and birds, into the treatment plan. The client, therapist, and animal work together in ...

If you’ve gone on an African safari, chances are you’ve heard of the Big Five, the must-see list of iconic megafauna. The term, coined in the late 1800s during Africa’s colonial period, refers to what ...

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 in ...

The SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased the demand for specific-pathogen-free (SPF) nonhuman primates (NHPs) for development of vaccines and therapeutics, thus straining the ...

The government says it is committed to banning the sport but has not given a time frame. Animal rights group says animals should be replaced with "willing humans" at sheep racing event. The majority ...

Sperm whales are named after the waxy substance found in their large heads called spermaceti. The spermaceti is an oil sac ...