Te Duluth (Minn.) City Council waded through an animal-laden agenda Monday night, adopting an ordinance that would allow residents to keep hoofed pets and discussing emerging plans for the Lake ...

Imagine an animal that seems to be assembled from various other creatures: it has large eyes, the round body of a rabbit, a rodent’s pointed snout, tiny pig-like hooves, and even fangs like those of a ...

Several hoofed mammals belonging to the even-toed ungulate group are among the rarest animals on Earth. The video explores seven species that are rarely seen in the wild and live in isolated forests, ...

Eating grass–sounds simple, right? But behind this everyday process lies a highly specialized system in many hoofed animals that is unique. Who would have thought that a cow or a deer needs four ...

Three months after shelving an ordinance that would have opened the door for residents of Duluth to keep up to three small hoofed animals - such miniature goats, pigs, horses or sheep - as pets, the ...

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New research describes a fossil family that illuminates the origin of perissodactyls - the group of mammals that includes horses, rhinos, and tapirs. It provides insights on the controversial question ...

Living among wildlife and witnessing animals in their natural habitat is part of what attracts residents and visitors to Southwest Colorado. But it tends to be a one-way attraction: Birds of prey and ...

A guanaco successfully retrieves food from a cup with a lid. Trimmed from Caicoya et al. via Proceedings of the Royal Society B under CC BY 4.0 Hoofed animals that are outsiders in their social groups ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A team of researchers from the University of Hawaii at Hilo and UH Manoa are heading up a study involving the spread of rapid Ohia death. Researchers believe hoofed animals ...

From tongue rolling alpacas to irritable yaks and perturbed pigs, new research has lifted the lid on why some farm and zoo animals cope well with captivity and others display signs of stress.