Stories have surfaced of animals such as polar bears fighting off new diseases, and sometimes losing that fight.

Oct. 25, 2024 — Drosophila is one of the most thoroughly studied lab animals -- with the exception of the female reproductive tract. Now a team of biologists has taken the first deep look at the ...

Even Marine Animals in Untouched Habitats Are at Risk ... How Rainfall Impacts Size of Sea Turtle Hatchlings Aug. 28, 2024 — An internationally collaborative study delves into how fluctuating ...

Among them? The kāhuli, Hawaii's native tree snails that are some of the most endangered animals on the planet. At one point, there used to be about 750 species of snails in Hawaii — almost all ...

When life seems a little too serious, there's nothing like animal jokes to make you roar (or hoot or howl) with laughter I’ve been a stand-up and improv comic for 30 years, and I know for a fact ...

One of the most famous examples is the zombie ant fungus, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, which is part of a larger group known ...

From shrinking shellfish to bulked-up bison, animals often adapt to environmental change by increasing or decreasing in size. Because size is well-preserved in the fossil record, scientists have an ...

Some fungi do threaten human health. Examples include Aspergillus fumigatus and Cryptococcus neoformans, both of which can ...

Some fungi do threaten human health. Examples include Aspergillus fumigatus and Cryptococcus neoformans, both of which can ...

A Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) is a cornerstone of efforts by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to promote collaborative, interdisciplinary translational cancer research. A ...

Animal experiments are widely used to develop new medicines and to test the safety of other products. Many of these experiments cause pain to the animals involved or reduce their quality of life ...