Yeti is the Animal Care and Adoption Center's pet of the week.

Tears seem simple, but the tiny glands that produce them are among the least understood organs in the human body. By growing ...

Studying one of the simplest animals, Stanford's Prakash Lab uncovered how it folds itself into complex shapes—revealing new ...

Winter has officially arrived in the Northern Hemisphere. With today’s winter solstice, the days will start to get a little bit longer, but the cold will stick around. We humans typically handle the ...

The Colossal Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the science fiction-y Dallas startup, announced Wednesday it had secured an additional $50 million in funding, bringing its total purse to $100 million.

Construction on the roughly $8.6 million habitat began in 2022, replacing an aging exhibit with a modern space designed to prioritize animal comfort and well-being.

Researchers demonstrated that biodegradable microneedle patches can deliver pain-relief drugs through pig skin.

In April 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its Roadmap to Reducing Animal Testing in Preclinical Safety Studies—a landmark initiative that lays out a plan to make animal ...

For ecologists, the Covid-19 pandemic has presented a remarkable natural experiment in what can happen to wild animals when ...

The words “pollination” and “flower” may seem inseparable, but plants began courting insects millions of years before they ...

Cutting off reproduction — from birth control to castration — consistently adds years to life across species, even humans.

Like Ghaskadbi, many researchers can trace their initial childhood interest in science to a gift. Dozens of readers of the Nature Briefing responded to our call asking about their favourite presents — ...