Your holiday traditions may be teaching kids which animal lives matter. British study finds Christmas dinner shifts how young ...

From wildlife to household pets, this article explains how alcohol affects animals and what pet owners should do if exposure ...

Humans arrived on Earth long after some of its most extreme animals had vanished. Massive sharks, giant birds, and enormous proboscideans ruled ecosystems before Homo sapiens spread globally. Some ...

Pets and livestock have long been selected based on traits such as friendliness, diet, and ease of management. But not every animal that could be useful ever got the spotlight.

From Santa’s reindeer and the Hanukkah armadillo to some very festive sea worms, our changing world is changing life for ...

Real wasabi contains compounds that may help reduce inflammation and support brain health, but most wasabi sold today isn’t ...

A viral video of a man’s painful porcupine encounter becomes a lesson in wildlife behavior and safety. Learn how porcupine quills work, why handling wild animals is dangerous, and what this accidental ...

Some days, the news is heavy, the to-do list is long, and the coffee isn’t strong enough. On those days, I find it helps to ...

A study by Kristin Winchell (NYU) sequenced the genomes of these reptiles and found 93 specific genes related to limb and skin development that had diverged from forest populations. The city lizards ...

Instead of eating turkey for Christmas Dinner, Dave Brooker is eating Christmas Dinner alongside one. Since meeting five ...