Meet the roly-poly pill bug, a backyard “bug” that is actually a crustacean cousin of shrimp and crabs living on dry land.

Many mammal populations in European and North American zoos are aging—a trend that jeopardizes the long-term viability of ...

The growing population of stray dogs in Punjab has become a serious concern for public safety and animal welfare, as dog bite ...

Many mammal populations in European and North American zoos are aging - a trend that jeopardizes the long-term viability of so-called reserve ...

Many mammal populations in European and North American zoos are aging – a trend that jeopardizes the long-term viability of so-called reserve populations and, with it, a core mission of modern zoos in ...

Genetic sequencing research led by the Federal University of Pará charts a route for protecting Amazonian species. Focused on ...

A surprising new study has found that blocking reproduction in some mammals may increase their life expectancy by an average ...

Climate change has a wide range of effects on wildlife. It affects seasonal migration, reproduction times, body size and mass, and disrupts ecological processes, thereby posing challenges for the ...

UH shark researchers have made new discoveries about the nature and timing of tiger shark mating and its correlation to ...

Evolutionarily speaking, the ultimate goal of a lifeform is to reproduce and stave off extinction. Many plants and animals ...

Biologists studying an Australian lizard observed something no one had ever documented in a vertebrate before. A single female produced offspring through two different reproductive methods during the ...

For a small number of animals, reproduction marks a biological endpoint rather than a stage in an ongoing life cycle. Death follows mating with such consistency that it can be predicted within a ...