Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

Monica Abramov shares the relationship her family (including dog Maggie) has with their neighborhood animals on her social ...

In fact, the overwhelming majority of animals have tails. Only a select few, like us humans, don’t have an external tail. But ...

Research into human-animal chimeras could have a therapeutic payoff, but the work brings up thorny ethical questions.

The immortal jellyfish is capable of winding back its lifecycle to become young again. Scientists are unlocking its cellular ...

A generous anonymous donor is making it easier for people to adopt a pet from the Bedford County Animal Shelter by covering ...

Black Labrador Sgiath, from the Scottish Highlands, has been trained to sniff out the invasive species ...

A decline in elephant rides and the development of sea sanctuaries for previously captive cetaceans show that caring for ...

In George Orwell's 1945 allegorical novella "Animal Farm," pigs coach the other revolutionary farm animals in their new creed ...

The book Sentinels is a thoughtful look at zoonotic diseases and why we should be concerned. There's no free ride because ...

The roughly two- to four-pound predator lived alongside dinosaurs some 165 million years ago. A fossil found in northern ...

"As the return of the New World screwworm shows, animal diseases aren't just concerns for farmers and veterinarians." ...