According to an AP report, a bald eagle named Beauty will soon be receiving an artificial beak from a team of Idaho …
Dr. Reuven Dukas, a biologist at McMasters University, believes that any animal with a nervous system can learn. But the ability to learn does not necessarily ensure the health and success of a species.
As the death toll from the cyclone that struck Myanmar on Saturday continues to climb, it’s important to ask: how do we monitor killer storms? Visit Savage Planet: Storms of the Century for an inside look at the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Besides a few species of amphibians and reptiles, vertebrates cannot replace lost body parts. Except for deer, that is.
Each year, through a process called epimorphic regeneration, deer shed and replace …
A grisly discovery of more than 400 mutilated bodies in Mexico is turning history on its head. “Secrets of the Dead: Aztec Massacre” paints a new picture of the violent …
They aren’t the most beautiful of Earth’s creatures, but conservationists are determined to save these scavengers from extinction anyway. We’re talking about vultures, of course. In many cases, human action …
In the 1950s and ’60s Cabo Blanco, Peru was a mecca for fishing, both for food and for sport. There, the collision of two ocean currents created the perfect conditions …
Can exercises make you smarter? Can exercising make your brain more fit as well? The New York Times recently reported that a University of Michigan study showed that memory …
Even though the Meadowlands area of Northern New Jersey has had extensive environmental cleanup, a new bird study shows that many species still live with harmful levels of contaminants. …
