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Fri, Apr 12, 2013 12:40 PM by Laura Moss
Thousands of goats, pigs and other animals die annually in training exercises. The military says such training saves lives, but activists argue that human simulators are more effective.
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Fri, Apr 12, 2013 11:29 AM
Video: Barney, a gorilla from the Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas isn’t nearly as tough as he looks after he gets pestered by a pair of geese.
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Fri, Apr 12, 2013 10:55 AM by Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet
Researchers suspect that the insects pick up changing gas emissions or local shifts in the Earth's magnetic field.
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Thu, Apr 11, 2013 10:56 AM by John Platt
The new species lives in a highly threatened forest ecosystem in Brazil, but scientists have hope that it can be saved.
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Thu, Apr 11, 2013 10:51 AM by Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet
The amiable mood created by the abundant food could be the perfect ambiance for shark mating.
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Thu, Apr 11, 2013 9:35 AM
Video: A collaborative program between Northwestern and the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago is helping improve quality of life for zoo animals.
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Thu, Apr 11, 2013 8:40 AM by Live Science Staff
All subspecies of Bornean orangutans are listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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Wed, Apr 10, 2013 5:11 PM by Melissa Breyer
Rendering mama subway rats infertile is the latest plan to tame the rampant rodent predicament.
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Wed, Apr 10, 2013 3:36 PM by Russell McLendon
A California sea lion is the first nonhuman mammal known to keep a beat, suggesting the roots of rhythm may run deeper than previously thought.
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Wed, Apr 10, 2013 10:17 AM
Video: Some homeowners go for alarms, others choose dogs, but one man in Thailand has opted for a reptilian protection system with 2 adult crocodiles guarding his home.
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Wed, Apr 10, 2013 10:14 AM
Video: Raccoon goes rogue, walks upright across telephone wire tightrope.
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Wed, Apr 10, 2013 9:35 AM by Shea Gunther
A diver managed to capture an ouroboros clash (look it up) between a sea snake and a moray eel on video. Check it out here on MNN.
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Tue, Apr 09, 2013 7:10 PM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience
The findings suggest that early in primitive vertebrates' history, evolution experimented with a number of wacky body plans, only some of which survived.
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Tue, Apr 09, 2013 2:10 PM by Douglas Main, LiveScience
Feral pigs were introduced to North America in the 1500s by Spanish explorers and were used for hunting but have become ecological threats.
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Tue, Apr 09, 2013 1:17 PM by John Platt
Videos from PETA and other organizations have helped to uncover animals living in unsafe and inhumane conditions. But a new law may prohibit the practice.
