The North Atlantic right whale now numbers an estimated 384 animals, up eight whales from the previous year, according to a ...

Many mountain gorillas keep living - vigorous and socially engaged - for a decade or more beyond the years of reproduction.

What are some animals that give birth to huge numbers of offspring at once?” (Watch a female sea urchin produce millions of eggs.) The mola, or ocean sunfish, looks like an animal cracker someone bit ...

Vincetoxicum nakaianum emits the smell of injured ants, drawing flies to pollinate its blooms before they wither.

Among mammals, females generally live longer. The recent comparative study examined 528 mammal species in zoos and found that 72% showed a female life expectancy advantage, averaging 12% longer lives ...

Nature is full of evolutionary selflessness. From deep-sea octopuses to certain marsupials, there are animals and insects that reproduce and then die, as their lives can be cut short because they ...

The epigenetic clock measures biological age and could help scientists assess the health of polar bears, dolphins, baboons ...

Brazil has approved a new law to partially prohibit live animal testing for cosmetics. Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies voted in the law (No. 15.183/2025), and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ...

A 'virgin birth' may sound like something found only in the Bible – but it's actually one of nature's real-life miracles. Known by scientists as 'parthenogenesis', this natural form of asexual ...

New Delhi, Sep 5 (PTI) Two studies have found that extreme temperatures can change how a species reproduces, with one reptilian species becoming more resilient to climate change, while the other ...

ABSTRACT: The Brazilian sheep industry relies on extensive production systems, where rams are frequently exposed to high ambient temperatures and low relative humidity, potentially compromising ...