animals

Here are just two of the practical and philosophical crises surrounding biodiversity breakdown.

Studying ‘episodic memory’ in animals may hold the key to understanding memory loss in humans.

A comprehensive interdisciplinary paper removes any doubt that orcas don’t belong in marine parks and zoos.

The remarkable distributed nervous system of the octopus is discussed at an astrobiology conference.

Not only do these monkeys use tools, they’re developing new, better tools to adapt to their environment.

The animal we fear most? Spiders.

Future cancer research may come from studying antler growth.

Beyond Beef sizzles and marbleizes just like real beef, Beyond Meat says.

Technology may soon grant us immortality, in a sense. Here’s how.

Stems cells have always been pretty amazing.

Are we witnessing evolution in real time?

Their noses can count?

The owner’s personality was the most important factor in examining the stress-hormone relationship between pet and owner.

Is it time we outlaw circus animals altogether?

Despite the moniker, bedbugs evolved long before mattresses and even survived the K-T extinction.

If you thought your mother was pushy in her pursuit of grandchildren, wait until you learn about bonobo mothers.

If you don’t want to know anything about your death, consider this your spoiler warning.

A high-schooler’s dig experience writes a new chapter in T-Rex history.

It’s illegal to discriminate against people based on their gender, race, or religion. What about veganism?

Over two billion people regularly eat insects. Why are Americans so squeamish?

If A.I.s are as smart as mice or dogs, do they deserve the same rights?

A space memorial company plans to launch the ashes of “Pikachu,” a well-loved Tabby, into space.

He was a very good boy.

Believe it or not, for a few decades, giving people “milk transfusions” was all the rage.

The map shows the movements of seven different wolves over the course of a season.

They seem to have a mechanism for caring similar to ours.

The new fossil offers insight into when whales returned to the oceans millions of years ago.

Big and strong? That’s not what makes an alpha male, says primatolgist Frans de Waal.

A new study has some disturbing implications for rodents who like a nice soda.