Animal physiology is the scientific study of the life-supporting properties, functions and processes of animals or their parts. The discipline covers key homeostatic processes, such as the ...

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In Europe and Asia, these animals are always called reindeer, but in North America, they’re called caribou in their wild habitat and reindeer when domesticated. Antlers are their largest and most ...

From a pink dolphin slinking through the Amazon's waters to the sight of monarch butterflies filling the skies of Mexico, this year's best photos will take you on a journey across the planet.

This breakthrough reshapes our understanding of the genetic origins of stem cells, offering a new perspective on the evolutionary ties between animals and their ancient single-celled relatives.

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. We were living in a cataclysmic age of mass extinction and climate instability even ...

How do animal behavior researchers feel about the feelings of animals? A new survey helps to answer that question. The journal Royal Society Open Science published a survey of 100 researchers of ...

“To our knowledge, this is the first time that photosynthetic electron transport has been confirmed in chloroplasts transplanted into animal cells,” explains Yukihiro Matsunaga, a professor at ...

Known for their big eyes, and for being famously sleepy, the hazel dormouse species has declined nationally by 70% since 2000. Once widespread, the animals have disappeared from 20 English ...

A rare tree dormouse has been found in an Austrian forest, after not being seen in the wild for over 20 years. The forester who found the mammal had been searching for it for over two years.