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Dr. Michael Fox considers the multiple contributing factors—veterinary, ethical, and environmental—underlying an integrated ...

For decades, scientists have believed that meat-eating drove human evolution, particularly our enlarged brains. This carnivorous origin story has become so entrenched that few questioned it: our ...

Sorghum is an increasingly important crop for animal and human nutrition, especially in arid and semi-arid regions, due to ...

What is similar between Asian green mussels, iguanas and lionfish? They are all invasive species in Florida you can eat. Here ...

Extinction troubled us long before we had a name for it. The original mascot for the loss of species, even before the concept was understood, was the dodo. The bird — fat and flightless, found by 17th ...

Another viewer offered a heartbreaking explanation: "I'm so sad bc I know it died. Their moms scurry when danger is near often times leaving them to fend for themselves at just hours old. They can't ...

In the study of why and how animals look the way they do, color is king—at least, the range of color humans can see.

Researchers have long known that diet exerts a profound influence on health, including the risk of developing cancer. A new ...

In his new book, biologist Thor Hanson reveals the power of paying attention to the natural world "close to home." ...

Most adults believe they need animal protein, but research proves plant protein works just as well. Studies confirm it builds ...