Storms are destructive, disorienting forces for most living things. Yet for a surprising range of animals, a developing low-pressure system is something closer to a signal, a cue that triggers feeding ...

Even today, nobody can reliably predict when and where an earthquake will occur. However, eyewitnesses have repeatedly reported that animals behave unusually before an earthquake. In an international ...

The Reset the Table essay series is published weekly, describing today’s challenges to global food security and proposing U.S. government responses. The most important food system lesson from Covid-19 ...

Cambridge University scientists have come up with a system of measuring animal welfare that enables reliable comparison across different types of pig farming. This means that animal welfare can now, ...

Inhalation is a common route of exposure to many environmental, industrial and consumer-generated chemicals. To assess the potential toxicity of inhaled compounds and to understand toxicity mechanisms ...

Researchers propose that placozoans, one of the simplest kinds of animals, may contain the blueprint for the neurons of more complex creatures. By Sam Jones See more of our coverage in your search ...

Animal physiology examines how cells, tissues and organs function individually and interact to maintain the life of the organism. At the cellular level, metabolism converts nutrients into energy and ...