American inventor Charles Burton created a significant innovation: the reversible handle that allowed babies to face either ...

At a conference in Washington, D.C., in 2000, the secretoglobin super family of proteins was named to classify proteins with ...

The platypus and echidna, often regarded as some of the most peculiar animals on Earth, may be hiding a far more complex ...

Our sense of self is shaped by a small brain region called the precuneus. Now, research suggests that targeting that area may ...

Researchers have combined decades of scientific data, tracing how all birds are related. This provides an evolutionary map for birds.

Domestication has made cats and dogs more diverse, but also curiously alike—with serious implications for their health and ...

When we talk about prehistoric life, dinosaurs usually get all the attention. But the truth is, long before they came along, ...

Researchers have discovered two unusual bird species in New Guinea that are unlike most others. These birds don’t just stand ...

The concept for Roach Lab spawned from Proctor's animal behavior class. Several years ago, she won a grant from the ...

The backcountry sport of burro racing is a grueling feat of endurance that tests the sudden urge to stand still.

But when evolutionary biologist Abby Grace Drake and her colleagues scanned 1,810 skulls of cats, dogs and their wild relatives, they found something strange. Despite their distant histories, many ...

Prehistoric animals like Anomalocaris and Arthropleura provide us with a glimpse into the ancient creatures that roamed the ...