The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to ...

Raccoons are cute but shy and tend to stay away from people, even if they have food – and there are reasons to keep things ...

Animal models of stenting probably predict human responses as the stages of healing are remarkably similar. What is characteristically different is the temporal response to healing, which is ...

In a bold and unconventional effort to stave off a potentially devastating threat to its livestock industry, the United ...

Post readers write about their relationship with their dogs. And the president and CEO of the ASPCA shares how we can protect ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

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Researchers have documented orcas dropping prey and other marine life in front of humans, as if offering us food. The orcas' ...

It turns out humans are not the only ones who can make these kinds of mental leaps. In labs around the world, researchers have tested many animals, from primates to birds to insects, on tasks designed ...

Endowing a companion robot with cognitive abilities to recognize human daily activities, in particular from body skeletons information, is a significant challenge, which needs complex and novel ...