Sleep is one of life’s most universal behaviors. Despite its ubiquity, it’s also one of the most mysterious. Humans spend ...

Alcohol — and animals that love to consume it — is far more common in the natural world than scientists once believed, a study has found. Because ethanol — the kind of alcohol that forms from fruit ...

Leipzig. When the soil warms up, it releases more carbon dioxide (CO2) - an effect that further fuels climate change. Until now, it had been assumed that the reason for this was mainly due to the ...

Animals come in extreme shapes and sizes, from enormous elephants and colossal squids to miniature marmoset monkeys and teeny-weeny frogs. But there is some method to nature's madness, and while ...

Cats rarely stage the cinematic farewells humans imagine, but veterinarians say many do communicate that the end is near through subtle shifts in behavior, body language, and routine. Understanding ...

From house pets to sea turtles, animals across the world are now facing illnesses once believed to affect only humans. Rising cases of cancer, diabetes, obesity, and joint diseases in animals are ...

A proposed measure in Switzerland would have made that country the first to ban medical and scientific experimentation on animals. It failed to pass in February 2022, with only 21% of voters in favor.