While Catharine Krebs was working in a human-genetics laboratory during her PhD at the University of California, Los Angeles, there was a line that she got used to seeing at the end of papers: “These ...

A five-year-old in Patrick County is doing his part to help animals in need this holiday season. Noah Beasley and his family ...

More than 1,500 animal sanctuaries operate throughout the U.S., each providing its inhabitants with unique, individualized care and a forever home. Most animals that enter sanctuaries have experienced ...

Ms. Blum is the author of “The Monkey Wars,” a book about ethical issues in animal research. Early in my career as a science journalist, I visited a primate research laboratory that was running an ...

With its rolling hills, lush vegetation and sunlit canopies, the Ox Ranch looks like a scene straight out of an African savanna. The 18,000-acre preserve is home to 60 species of the world's most ...

What follows is an interview/dialogue with Dr. Stevan Harnad, the founder and former editor-in-chief of the highly influential journal called Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) and current ...

Scarlett Howard currently has funding from the Australian Research Council and the Hermon Slade Foundation. These tasks seem completely irrelevant to these animals in their natural environment, so why ...

As scientists use machine learning to decode the sounds of whales, dogs, and dolphins, opinions vary on how best to deploy the technology. Reading time 7 minutes Chirps, trills, growls, howls, squawks ...

It went from one of the worst zoos in America to a beloved menagerie filled with disabled and elderly native species. Now it may close for good. It went from one of the worst zoos in America to a ...

K. C. Kent Lloyd is a professor in the Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, director of the Mouse Biology Program and NAMs Testing Center and associate director of the Comprehensive Cancer ...