Cattle are seen as animals with small brains, lacking intelligence and emotion. Veronika the cow has just proven that to be wrong.

But the Westminster Kennel Club’s dog show did, and still does. With the 150th annual show set to start Saturday, here’s a then-and-now look at the United States’ most famous canine competition. Nike ...

A microscopic parasite that quietly settles into the brain of humans and animals is not nearly as quiet as scientists once believed. New work on Toxoplasma gondii suggests that the so‑called dormant ...

While ecotourism is popular, it is often financially unviable for many reserves. This necessitates a balance between conservation science and economic ...

A Spanish study wipes out pancreatic cancer in mice, causing viral claims of a cure. Breakthrough science or false hope?

Florida won’t be getting hit with massive blankets of snow and ice like the rest of the U.S., but even frosty windshields and ...

The conservation project was supposed to rebuild the elephant population. It became a cautionary tale instead. | World News ...

Along many Nigerian highways and rural roads, long stretches of cassava, maize, rice, beans, pepper and melon seeds, among ...

UK health bosses have issued a warning following an outbreak of the Nipah virus in India. It comes as two cases of the deadly virus have been confirmed in West Bengal, according to Indian authorities.

Hundreds of species from around the world survive and thrive at the Kansas City Zoo, even during the coldest winter months.

Many spine-bearing creatures, or vertebrates, have a curious bit of tissue deep in their brains called the pineal gland. It ...