Hundreds of thousands of marine animals are killed every year after becoming accidentally caught in commercial fishing nets. Sharks, skates and rays are at particular risk, alongside turtles, seals, ...

When people talk about saving wildlife, they often focus on numbers. Conversations center on how many deer live in a forest, ...

Hunting limits aren’t arbitrary—they‘re determined using highly specific data points. They are determined on a state-by-state ...

Quick Take Scientists have documented same-sex behavior in hundreds of animal species, though it is not considered a required ...

Both the UK and US Governments have pledged to end research using animals, but is such a goal realistic? And how might it change medical research? Talha Burki reports.

A children’s book about animal reproduction will remain in several Orange County middle school libraries after a divided school board vote. The board voted 6–2 to keep "Do Animals Fall in Love?" on ...

1 Department of Reproduction Biology, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany 2 Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, United States ...

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy recently sought input on ways to accelerate the American scientific enterprise. Physicians Committee experts provided recommendations on updates ...

If an animal grows slowly, reproduces late, avoids predators, and lives in a stable environment, aging politely takes a back seat. That pattern is clear in a range of well-known long-lived animals, ...