Species that dwell on trees are called arboreal animals. They use their features like prehensile tails, curved claws, or ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Reptiles are a group of seven cold-blooded creatures that include lizards, turtles, crocodiles, and snakes. These organisms, also referred to as ectotherms, regulate their body temperature by use of ...

Even Marine Animals in Untouched Habitats Are at Risk from Human Impacts Sep. 18, 2024 — Climate change and a range of other human impacts are putting marine animals at risk of extinction ...

Cat trees, peepholes, and raised walkways ensure the four cats and two dogs (plus humans) can coexist peacefully.

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 ...

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 ...

Even for a conservation biologist numbed to bad news about nature, the biennial Living Planet report from the World Wildlife ...

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Oct. 4, 2024 — Researchers discover that geckos use a mechanism usually associated with balance to sense vibrations, leading to new insights about how animals hear ...