A study reveals that Amish children in northern Indiana exhibit remarkably low allergy rates. Early exposure to farm ...

The stress animals endure when separated from their social groups, particularly when they become the last of their kind in a new environment, is profound. Capturing non-endangered species serves ...

Children can use their imaginations to shop at a grocery store, eat at a restaurant, care for animals at a veterinary clinic ...

Ecologists are blazing trails in a new field they’ve dubbed zoogeochemistry, which explores how animals influence nutrient cycling and carbon entering and exiting their ecosystems. Through ...

"Killer whales are known to play with other objects or animals in their environment to the point of damaging them (in the southern resident killer whale population of Washington, USA, which feed ...

A biological hazard, or biohazard, is a biological substance that poses a threat (or is a hazard) to the health of living ...

Spiderwebs can capture environmental DNA, or eDNA, from vertebrate animals in their area, potentially making them a useful tool in animal monitoring, tracking and conservation.

Children aged 1–4 years are being exposed to elevated levels of semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs) in their sleeping microenvironment Higher concentrations were found in older mattresses ...

Animal-welfare science tries to get inside the minds of a huge range of species — in order to help improve their lives.

13 ON YOUR SIDE is showing you a variety of West Michigan farms this summer. We start with the Critter Barn in Zeeland, which is all about educating young farmers.

Most of its animals are rescued from the wild after being deemed unable to survive on their own following injury or sickness. The zoo has to keep several potential disasters in mind, Whiton said.

By the early 19th century, however, soot from the industrial revolution had forged a new evolutionary environment, one that favored dark-­colored moths, which matched the soot-­covered trees ...