Whether driven by morbid curiosity or in pursuit of offspring with desirable characteristics, humans have selectively bred ...

When you think of blood, the first colour that probably comes to mind is red. That’s true for most animals, including humans.

Police have arrested two people suspected of breeding and selling exotic cats in Spain. Officers detained the pair at a ...

The world’s largest rodent is multiplying in — and dividing — one of Argentina’s most exclusive gated communities.

In most parts of the natural world, eyesight is key ... and certain underwater spots– evolution took a different route. Some animals lost their eyes over time. Others never had them at all.

For some animals, it seems that the drastically different appearance between infancy and adulthood involves protection. Creatures like harp seals or tapirs come into a very dangerous world.

Our environment is changing rapidly, largely as a result of human activities, leading to a significant decline in ...

Grizzly bears, for example, are a subspecies of brown bear found in parts of North America. There are many different ...

Though the sense of touch underlies how we and most other animals interact with the world around us, much remains unknown ...

This daily feast-and-famine cycle in oxygen availability created an intense physiological challenge for early animals, forcing them to develop adaptations to handle fluctuations in nutrients. For ...

Shangzhe Xie's multiple veterinary science degrees has brought him from Singapore to Australia and the US. Now, he's back in ...