Mar. 19, 2025 — To understand why kangaroos hop -- a rarity among animals -- researchers have studied the musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus), a diminutive marsupial that weighs only ...

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18, 2025 — A major review of over 67,000 animal species has found that while the natural world continues to face a biodiversity crisis, targeted conservation efforts are helping bring many ...

Kids love animals -- and they love TV shows about (or starring!) animals almost as much. Whether your kid likes animated animals or the real deal, these wild series will educate, entertain, and ...

Replacing animal tests does not mean putting human patients at risk. It also does not mean halting medical progress. Instead, replacing animals used in testing will improve the quality as well as the ...

Research into animal emotions and experience has been on the rise since the late 20th century, and scientists are beginning to use these findings to help understand an age-old question ...

An animal test is any scientific experiment or test in which a live animal is forced to undergo something that is likely to cause them pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm. Animal experiments are ...

Have you herd? Groups of animals often have unique, and sometimes funny, names. You’re probably familiar with the collective nouns for common backyard and barnyard animals, such as flocks of birds and ...

Animal experiments are widely used to develop new medicines and to test the safety of other products. Many of these experiments cause pain to the animals involved or reduce their quality of life ...

A public consultation took place in 2023. The multi-coloured design was compared to the fictional village setting in the children’s TV show Balamory and attracted widespread opposition in the ...

Have you had a hip or knee replacement? Do you have a loved one with cancer whose disease is in remission following treatment? If so, then you are the beneficiary of research conducted in animals.