can sacrifice parts of their tails or fin rays in such scenarios as a last-ditch effort to survive an attack. For example, if a bird attacks a lizard and grabs it by its tail, the animal’s body ...

“Lions have been intensively farmed for commercial purposes in South Africa since the 1990s,” Angie from World Animal Protection told Mongabay in an email, adding that most lion body parts ...

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PARIS – Vaccinating animals more widely could help stop the spread of deadly diseases, protect public health and keep global trade flowing, the head of the World Organisation for Animal Health ...

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A new study, published on May 21 in the journal Nature, has revealed surprising information about the origins of human teeth.

More human body parts have been found following a grisly discovery on the Devon coast today. A human leg was found having washed up on Westward Ho! beach this morning, Thursday, May 22 ...

Poachers may end up tracking an injured animal’s trail of blood deep into the woods. This tiger in the Primorye region likely was shot for sport—not for its body parts—because its carcass is ...

Sensory features on the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish may be the reason why humans have teeth that are sensitive to ...