Camels are masters of adaptation. Here’s how these animals evolved to survive the sand and glare while preserving crucial ...

A new paper examines the possible effects of two properties of receiver playing fields documented in studies of animal psychology -- habituation and neural adaptation -- on the efficacy of mate choice ...

Minnesota has reported the U.S.'s first ruminant—a group of animals including cattle, sheep, and goats—to test positive for avian influenza. Results are in from a study led by Dr. Juzhi Hou, Dr. Fahu ...

Which animals have super-hero like senses? Over time, some animals have developed impressive hearing, sight, the ability to smell and sensitive touch. These super senses are adaptations that help them ...

Animals harbor vast numbers of microbes in their guts, but the effect of this community on the evolutionary trajectories of the hosts is unclear. Researchers are now using a combination of experiments ...

Life as an animal most times relies more on speed than anything else. To kill their prey or flee from predators, the fastest animals on the earth have developed brilliant speed to assist them through ...

A new University of California San Diego study published in Cell challenges a long-standing assumption about how animal ...