Feb. 21, 2025 — Using underwater microphones and machine learning (ML), researchers have developed a new method to estimate North Atlantic right whale numbers -- offering a potentially safer and ...

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A legal technicality has overturned the conviction of a New South Wales man who had been sentenced to the longest jail time in the state’s history over animal cruelty charges. Petting zoo owner Daniel ...

This ancient blend of echidna and platypus offers a peek into a time when egg-laying mammals roamed ... Each new discovery adds pieces to the puzzle of how these extraordinary animals evolved and ...

There's something truly magical about seeing the world through your fur—or in this case, feather—baby's eyes when you adopt a pet. When introducing them to another animal, you hope for a smooth ...

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 ...

Feb. 18, 2025 — For years, scientific divers at a research station in the Mediterranean Sea had a problem: at some point in every field season, local fish would follow them and steal food ...

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Animal biotechnology is a branch of biotechnology in which molecular biology techniques are used to genetically engineer (i.e. modify the genome of) animals in order to improve their suitability ...

The words ‘reindeer’ and ‘caribou’ are largely interchangeable, but depending on where you live, there may be different naming conventions. In Europe and Asia, these animals are always called reindeer ...