Most animals build strong social bonds with their own kind, and researchers have found that the brain systems behind those ...

The industry’s push to rebrand animal experimentation failures as a communication issue ignores the systemic risks documented ...

Intrauterine growth restriction contributes to high rates of “runt” piglets, which have a lower survival rate after birth.

Justin Schmidt, an entomologist, first created the Schmidt sting pain index in 1983 ...

The discovery of the fossil of a new rhino species in the Canadian High Arctic teaches us a lot about rhino evolution.

Scientists are getting closer to understanding animals, but translation isn't here yet.

A remarkable fossil discovery in southwest China is rewriting the story of how complex animal life began, showing that many key animal groups appeared millions of years earlier than scientists once ...

Humans appear to be the only species clearly proven to shed tears specifically because of emotions. Elephants, primates, and dogs show behaviors and biological responses that come closest to human ...

As animal research becomes a more visible political issue, publicly available oversight records are increasingly being used to shape inaccurate narratives about essential biomedical studies. When ...

Tiny structures found in ancient Canadian rocks could be the oldest traces of animal life ever identified, dating back nearly ...

A coelacanth thought extinct for 70 million years shocked scientists when it was rediscovered alive in 1938 off South Africa.