Blind and mostly hairless, with front teeth that put beavers to shame, the naked mole-rat is one of the most unusual-looking ...

Warming temperatures mean more rats, and the possible spread of more disease between the rodents and people. That has some scientists and municipal governments asking: is birth control part of the ...

The concept of "good fats" and "bad fats" has influenced diet trends, public health policy, and biomedical research for ...

Colin Talbot looks to evolutiopary biology to argue that it is in our nature to co-operate - and that each of us is ourselves a co-op ...

Why do some animals eat feces? Here are some biological reasons for it and what you can do about it as a pet owner.

Bobcats are not limited to the remote wilderness of the Far West. As cities expand and suburbs push deeper into natural habitats, bobcats are increasingly showing up closer to home, sometimes in ...