From a bat’s wings to an elephant’s cancer resistance, an interdisciplinary team of scientists at University of Utah Health are using animals’ unique traits to pinpoint regions of the human genome ...

Have you ever wondered why some people naturally take charge while others prefer working quietly behind the scenes? The answer might lie in understanding the 4 animal personality types tests, which we ...

While working on this study, Sarah-Sophie Weil was affiliated with Université Grenoble Alpes (France) and Swansea University (Wales, UK) who supported her through Initiative d’excellence (IDEX) ...

Studies help explore the ways that animals — whether bold or shy, aggressive or meek, interact with their environment. By Jim Robbins In August, a mountain lion was sighted several times prowling the ...

So what is an animal anyway? In our inaugural episode of Crash Course Zoology, we’ll endeavor to answer just that because as it turns out, it’s complicated! But before we get there we’ll need to ...

The Chinese zodiac is a 12-year cycle where each year is associated with an animal: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. People born within a specific year ...

Evolution is often imagined as a steady process of gaining new abilities, but in reality it also involves losing traits that are no longer useful. Across the natural world, animals have abandoned ...

Like most people, I hate having a cold or the flu. But being sick gets slightly better when a friend drops off some classic movies or goes out for a snack and comes back to throw it up all over me.