It involved analysing millions of short fragments of genetic code – both DNA and RNA – to establish what animals and viruses ...

That is a question The Athletic is answering, as we trace the origins of football clubs’ monikers in England, Germany, Italy, ...

Hvaldimir, a beluga thought to have been a Russian spy, is dead. Which other spy animals have spooks used before?

The amazing ability that shrimp and other creatures, in both land and sea, have for finding their way back is known as homing ...

FOO Fighters frontman Dave Grohl is, er, fighting to save his 21-year marriage after secretly fathering a baby girl with another woman. “I love my wife and my children, and I am doing everything I ...

Salmon and racing pigeons are famous for homing, but similar behaviors occur in groups as diverse as bees, frogs, rats, and ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Editor’s note: This story contains descriptions and images of dogs hunting rats that could upset some readers. The sound of a rat screaming in the jaws of a terrier is the same sound that a ...

Rezolute Inc said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had lifted its partial clinical hold on a late-stage study ...

Artificial intelligence and organoid advances hold new promise for reducing the number of laboratory animals used in studies.