This breakthrough represents a big step toward creating animal hybrids capable of growing human-compatible organs, easing the ...

Testing products on animals became an industry standard in the cosmetic, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries nearly a ...

Many mammals deliver in minutes after long pregnancies. See which species have the quickest births to help newborns thrive.

Children universally believe animals experience emotions and feelings but are reluctant to say they have human-like thoughts, ...

For most people, it can be hard to imagine a society framed around animal rights. What would it look like? How would it work? And why, given humankind’s historic reliance on animals for food and ...

Dr. Jacqui Wilmshurst writes from her heart about grappling with this "question from hell" many would like to avoid through ...

Nonhuman animals (animals) are constantly "talking" with one another using sounds, smells, visual signals, and various combinations thereof. In his fascinating new book titled Why Animals Talk: The ...

Discover more about the special animals that each of the 50 states chose, their conservation status, and their significance.

When you think of undomesticated animals, what words come to mind? Maybe it's wild or even vicious. For author Carol Gigliotti, the word is creative. In her book, "The Creative Lives Of Animals," she ...

Macon County, Ala. authorities responded to a two-car crash on Interstate 85 Wednesday morning caused by a furry, hopping marsupial. A kangaroo escaped its enclosure from a nearby resident, who kept ...

Should a hummingbird be able to be a plaintiff in court? According to philosopher Martha Nussbaum, the answer is yes. In her new book, Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility, the ...