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The menstrual cycle plays an essential role in human reproduction. However, most other animals don't experience menstruation. So, which other species have periods, and what's the evolutionary point of ...

Madagascar’s one-of-a-kind creatures are vanishing at an alarming rate, victims of deforestation and the illegal wildlife trade. An American in Madagascar might feel like they’ve stumbled into another ...

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Why don't animals keep pets? Oh, I can already hear the howls of objections. What about Koko's Kitten, you ask, referring to the well-known case of the American Sign Language-trained gorilla who fell ...

Some animals get only the briefest chance at life. Instead of stretching across years, their time is measured in days or months. Their survival depends on racing through growth and reproduction, even ...

Mitchell G. Nye-Wood works in a lab group that receives funding from the Australian Research Council. We hear a lot about how humans eating meat is bad for the planet. That’s because making room for ...

Pseudoscorpions can be found in habitats around the world, including bookshelves in your home. A study by South Korean scientists discovered four new species of dragon pseudoscorpions in a cave while ...