Animals
Brazil enacts law to allow divorced couples shared custody of pets
Under the legislation, joint custody can be awarded when couples separate and cannot agree on who should keep the animal.
As Israeli owners struggle from daily Iranian attacks, pets pay the price of war
Video: Stowaway possum spotted camouflaging among plushies at airport shop
Dressed for the afterlife: What 7,000-year-old grave soil reveals about Stone Age clothing - study
Ancient 'Monkey Lizard' with weird skin appendages hints at a colorful past
Mirasaura provides the first direct evidence that complex skin appendages appeared early during reptile evolution and are not unique to pterosaurs, birds, and other dinosaurs.
New research hints: Spiders came from the sea
Researchers have discovered that the nervous system of this ancient marine arthropod surprisingly resembles that of modern arachnids.
The story of Dogxim – the animal that wasn’t supposed to exist
A hybrid between a dog and a pampas fox, a creature that wasn't supposed to exist—but somehow did. Dogxim confused scientists, her genes, and the laws of evolution.
Japan under threat: 500-kilogram monsters chasing humans
A newspaper delivery man was dragged 100 meters before being torn to pieces, a hunter disappeared with bloodstains as the only evidence of his death – and this is just the beginning.
Two of the world's strangest creatures are rewriting evolution science
A new study on a 100-million-year-old fossil reveals: The platypus and the echidna, the only two egg-laying mammals, may have been born in water rather than on land.
Ukrainian medic killed while rescuing dogs and wounded soldier honored by animal orgs.
Before her death, she had told soldiers “Until I leave food for every animal, we won’t go further.”
Kosher or cruel? The Jewish ethical dilemma of factory-farmed meat
Growing demand for meat worldwide sparks debate about 'tza’ar ba’alei chaim' – causing needless suffering to living creatures.
Israeli scientists: Stressed plants emit ultrasonic sounds influencing insect behavior
Female moths avoid plants emitting distress sounds, Israeli scientists find.
Chinese media reports: Cloned yak born in Tibet, weighs 33.5 kilograms at birth
Cloned yak weighed 33.5 kilograms at birth, significantly more than most newborn yaks, according to researchers.
Greenland's ancient sled dogs reveal unique genetic lineage
Despite historical accounts, study finds minimal wolf ancestry in Qimmeq sled dogs.
