These scientific discoveries set new records in 2023
Dec 21, 2023 · This year’s record-breaking findings shed new light on human history and the most amazing feats in the animal kingdom.
Intel ISEF winners announced - Science News
May 15, 2009 · Adiseshan won best of in the animal sciences category, Schwob in behavioral and social sciences, Boynton in environmental sciences, Larson in mathematical sciences and …
Elephants are dying in droves in Botswana. Scientists don’t know …
May 14, 2021 · “The 2021 elephant mortalities are again specific to elephants, as was the case in 2020,” says Shahan Azeem, a veterinary scientist at the University of Veterinary and Animal …
The mysterious deaths of dozens of Zimbabwe’s elephants has …
Nov 7, 2023 · A bacterium never before identified in elephants or implicated in deadly internal hemorrhaging killed Zimbabwe elephants in 2020, genetic tests show.
DNA evidence is rewriting domestication origin stories
Jul 6, 2017 · From wild animal to domestic pets an evolutionary view of domestication. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Vol. 106, June 16, 2009, p. 9971. …
Poop is on the menu for a surprising number of animals
Jan 8, 2025 · Susan Milius is the life sciences writer, covering organismal biology and evolution, and has a special passion for plants, fungi and invertebrates. She studied biology and English …
Hormones: Here’s the Beef - Science News
Jan 2, 2002 · sponsorship Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) used animal models to investigate why DES fostered the development of cancer in daughters of women …
How do we know what emotions animals feel? - Science News
Apr 8, 2022 · How do we know what emotions animals feel? Animal welfare researchers are getting creative to pin down subjective experiences
The story of dire wolves goes beyond de-extinction
Apr 10, 2025 · Scientists at Colossal Biosciences announced the de-extinction of dire wolves, animals that lived during the Pleistocene. Colossal Biosciences
Improbable ‘black swan’ events can devastate animal populations
Apr 17, 2017 · Conservation managers should take a note from the world of investments and pay attention to “black swan” events, a new study posits.