Animals reproduce in a variety of fascinating ways. Some species, including humans and many other mammals, give birth to live young that develop inside the mother’s body. Others reproduce through less ...

Animals more likely to eat their young are those with faster reproductive cycles. “Species that have large broods might be more inclined to partial brood cannibalism, just nibbling on a few offspring ...

Ferrets are beloved, curious creatures whose popularity as a family pet has steadily increased over the past decades. However ...

As NASA plans for long-term human missions beyond Earth, one question keeps resurfacing: how do you sustain life in places ...

Polar bears are changing at a genetic level in response to climate change. This is what it means for the rest of the Arctic.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — For 35 years, American zoologist Laurie Marker has been collecting and storing specimens in a cheetah sperm bank in Namibia, hoping conservationists never have to use ...

An international research team, including scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, ...

Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has ...

The cosmetics industry is constantly searching for new active ingredients–and this time, a sea creature that is anything but ...

The monogamy rate in humans may be higher than you expected... but we do it in a strange way compared to other animals.

New genetic research suggests centuries of human persecution may have selected for calmer behavior in Italy's rare Apennine ...

What's the value of one animal? When a wild animal is found badly injured, the most humane option is often euthanasia to ...