Ancient DNA is finally putting hard numbers on a mystery that has trailed humanity for millennia: when our most familiar ...

It all began with the discovery of ancient owl pellets – a gross but normal part of their digestion where they essentially ...

Cats were domesticated in North Africa, but spread to Europe only about 2,000 years ago. Earlier reports of “house” cats were ...

How are biodiversity losses reshaping how ecosystems function? A recent study quantifies the impact of biodiversity and ...

A demographic transformation in Africa has the potential to alter the world order Last November, the global population reached a significant milestone of 8 billion. More recently, in April, India ...

ABSTRACT: Parasites affect their hosts by disrupting physiological functions or by reproducing excessively. This study aimed to assess the role of rodent ectoparasites in the transmission of zoonotic ...

ABSTRACT: Meat from unconventional animal resources such as bushmeat, amphibians, reptiles, rodents, and wild birds represents an important part of the food system components in Benin. This study ...

Shankar had spent large parts of 2023 and 2024 chained and tethered while in ‘musth’, a state of heightened aggression in male elephants Delhi zoo’s lone African elephant, Shankar (29), died of the ...

Rodents may have a rule of thumbnails. Many rodents have curved claws that help the animals climb or dig. But most also have flat nails on their thumbs, researchers report in the Sept. 4 Science. This ...

The Mercator map, first created in the 16th century, has long been the standard map used for navigation and education, but it stretches land masses farther from the equator. For example, Greenland ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has identified Ondo, Bauchi, and Edo states as the epicentres of the Lassa fever outbreak in the country.Briefing newsmen on Wednesday in ...