Beagles are often used in laboratory animal testing. They are considered balanced, friendly to humans, and able to endure a ...

Lichens bridge the living and non-living – understanding them allows us to better see how to conserve our heritage, and also ...

unnecessary suffering of non-human animals as a result of experimentation; material compromise of tangible heritage; ecosystem disruption etc. Harms can also arise indirectly, as a result of the ...

Corals everywhere on the planet live in harmony with microscopic organisms. Many corals get their vivid colors from ...

If you want to know the age of a bird, you might be surprised to know that there are no good ways to figure it out, at best ...

What makes orange cats orange? For over 60 years, scientists have been searching for the answer. Researchers from Japan have ...

A newly discovered gene, Arhgap36, explains the rare orange coloring in cats and why most are male. It could have effects beyond fur color.

Samantha Doll walked down the hall of Elementary School Thursday, while David, the new campus facility dog, trotted leashed by her side. "Hi David," said one girl as they passed, greeting the dog and ...

Is there really such thing as an aura — a light that humans give off while they are alive? A shocking discovery in an experiment conducted by researchers from the University of Calgary and the ...

Lichens on stone, those "still explosions" as the great American poet Elizabeth Bishop named them, remain unseen to most, which is remarkable when you ...

A Brevard woman's company was among those featured earlier this year at Global Pet Expo, the pet industry’s top dog of a trade show.

Fossil discovery pushes the history of Australian tree frogs back 55 million years, reshaping our understanding of their ...