Mike Webster works for the University of St Andrews. He receives funding from the University of St Andrews and various research organisations. Many animals live in groups. One of the main benefits of ...

Everybody poops. There are even whole books written about it. And we can learn a lot about animals from what they leave behind. Scientists study animal poop, also called scat, to learn about the ...

A white stork flies in Germany, where researchers tracked the birds’ migrations and concluded that they incrementally straighten their migration routes to find more direct ways to move between ...

Utopia Wildlife Rehabilitators volunteer Shawn Tyler holds on to a small opossum as he leads an educational session during tour of Utopia Wildlife Rehabilitators in Hope, Ind., Tuesday, June 17, 2025.

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology has not only learned a simple visual category learning task exactly as well as lab animals, but even enabled the ...

Devon Ritter from the Memphis Zoo explores how animals use their five senses to survive. Devon Ritter from the Memphis Zoo explores how animals use their senses of touch, hearing, sight, and smell to ...

Ohio State broke ground on a new high-tech farm animal education facility, which will serve as the headquarters for students to learn the science and methodology of raising livestock when completed in ...

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