Insects sporting tiny helmets. Penguins wearing trackers. These are some of the ways critters serve in studies extending far beyond the lab rat. Animal research provides uncountable benefits to ...

Imagine this scenario: A nuclear reactor fails. Radiation spikes to lethal levels. Temperatures swing from near absolute zero to the boiling point. Everything dies—except the tardigrade. This ...

One key lesson is that it is impossible to eliminate all risk and it can be detrimental to try (Blumstein 2008). For example, ground squirrels and marmots cannot remain in the safety of their burrow ...

For Letlhokwa George Mpedi, a journey through South Africa’s Kruger National Park transformed from merely a game drive to a masterclass in leadership. Observing the intricate dynamics of animal ...

For wildlife photographer and expedition leader Subhash Nair, nature isn’t just a backdrop — it’s a lifelong teacher. From the dense rainforests of Borneo to the vast savannahs of Africa, his journeys ...

BRATTLEBORO — Edible Brattleboro is putting on a winter workshop series exploring the living systems that help nourish us. "Food, Ecosystems and Community: Lessons from a Nature" will teach attendees ...

This research was supported by the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, and the Ontario Research Fund. Alicia M. Battaglia received ...

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Some 15,000 years ago, tribes of Native Americans made their home in a wilderness area of what today is southern Florida. At that time, they lived in an arid landscape that also was inhabited by giant ...

Yesterday I received a few holiday greeting emails and some people asked if I could please post something "short and sweet" (as Andy put it) about some life lessons we can learn from nonhuman animals ...