Previous scientists had encountered “cryptic”-looking salamanders in the area, and researchers wanted to study these animals ... They have “stout” bodies with “rough” skin and rows of “knob-like warts ...

Infant sleep position impacts the development of head shape. Changes in infant sleep position, specifically the movement toward supine sleep, have led to a redefinition of normal head shape for ...

A backward question mark shape on the creature's back reveals early animal evolutionary history. The earliest known animal to show evidence of an asymmetrical body lived over half a billion years ...

Of course humans don’t really change into animals and plants ... had grasped the essential point which is that despite all the shape-shifting the new creature is in essence still the same ...

Some of the world’s top animal scientists got together to talk about leadership traits in the animal kingdom and published a study in Trends in Ecology and Evolution that explored what qualities ...

Most distinctive are the front feet that are modified for digging, and in the hairy-tailed mole, are broad, almost round in shape, and armed with short, stout claws ... catching some of these animals ...

for zoos to keep animals in perfect physical shape, but in conditions that cause the animals to display serious behavioural problems. But where a zoo is keeping animals in order to preserve a ...

Animal behavior research is particularly relevant to the study of human behavior when it comes to the preservation of a species, or how an animal’s behavior helps it survive. The behavior of ...

If you look at a typical fish, their bodies tend to be flat when viewed head-on from the front. Snakes, lizards, and worms tend to be long and slender. These shapes ensure they can heat up and cool ...

With beer vessel tech having progressed past animal skins ... favorite ale, stout, or lager is just plain fun. Be they of ...

Head growth of the fetus and infant is largely determined by brain growth. The brain reaches 90% of adult size by 1 year of age; it is 95% of its ultimate adult size by 6 years of age and growth ...