animals

You want one. Now you may be able to survive one.

Animal law is the fastest growing legal discipline.

Tardigrades – commonly called “water bears” – were among the payload of an Israeli lunar lander that crashed into the moon in April.

The first human-monkey hybrid has allegedly been created in a Chinese lab.

The goal is to eventually grow a human pancreas in a larger animal – such as a pig – which can be transplanted.

Tiger reserves and a concentrated public effort has brought this animal roaring back to India.

The ultimate goal is to grow organs inside animals that could be transplanted into humans.

It’s only the second pocket shark specimen ever discovered.

Bats are being subjected to a deadly plague that may be threatening their existence. However, a new bacterial spray may help fight the fungus responsible.

Study finds that carbon dioxide emissions may trigger a reflex in the carbon cycle, with devastating consequences.

Spiders, fish, birds, and bats all break with their daily routines.

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?