The old way of raising cattle is now the new way—better for the animals and better for your table
The oceanic soup of plastic fragments is becoming a new kind of ecosystem.
Is the waning gibbous driving my cat insane?
Two new studies show how certain animals can adapt to the din of human activity in surprising ways.
Microbes in our gut are key to staying healthy, but scientists are coming to realize that isn’t the case for all animals.
Many animals use threatening signals to steer clear of costly bouts, but for these boxing crustaceans, the fights are the signals.
The museum is giving its ancient animals a modern makeover.
Stripes laid down by tooth enamel could reveal why big mammals grow slower—and live longer—than small ones.
Portraits of once-abandoned animals and the stories of the families that took them in