Food and Company Help Animals in Captivity
Research helps farmers and zoos maximize animal welfare
Life Science
Family Ties Give Animals Reasons to ‘Help or Harm’ as They Age
Researchers build and test model on how behavior changes with age
Coral Genome Reveals Cysteine Surprise
Coral specimen reveals an alternative pathway for cysteine biosynthesis in animals
Researchers Potentially Uncover Technique to Delay Spread of Melanoma to the Brain
New study demonstrates technique for delaying skin cancer metastasization to the brain
Woodpeckers May Learn Drumming the Same Way Humans Learn Speech
New study shows that drumming activates woodpeckers’ brain regions similar to human speech and songbird brain regions
It May Already Be Too Late to Meet UN Genetic Diversity Target
More than one-tenth of the world’s terrestrial genetic diversity may already be lost
Tree Species Diversity Enhances Forest Drought Resistance
New study reveals that tree species diversity could enhance drought resistance in half the world's forests
Chinese Fossil Eggs Show Dinosaur Decline before Extinction
Researchers find evidence to support the hypothesis that dinosaurs were not very diverse before their extinction
Pythons Are True Choke Artists
Size alone doesn't explain how invasive Burmese pythons eat such big prey
New Curtin-Led Research Discovers the Heart of Our Evolution
The oldest ever fossilized heart sheds new light on fish and human evolution