AMES, Iowa – In a recent class session devoted to reviewing the components of a monogastric digestive system, Alexandra Else-Keller reminded an animal science student how to position her fingers as ...

Born from dreams of celluloid, Orestes is a Greek-American writer based in London with degrees in Screenwriting, Film Studies, and Comparative Literature, as well as years of experience in ...

PRACTICAL courses dealing with animals are a strong feature in the teaching of elementary zoology such as is required for medical students. Many guides, dealing with suitable local animal types, have ...

FOR a long time there has been a great want felt by veterinary surgeons of a first-class work on the anatomy of the horse and other domestic animals, to be to them as valuable and trustworthy a book ...

Okinawa's mangrove forests are home to many animal species, from crabs to kingfishers; they host a diverse ecosystem teeming with life. Among the quirkier residents living there is ...

An international team led by scientists from the University of Leicester and Yunnan University in China has revealed unprecedented anatomical detail from fossil animals that lived 500 million years ...

The first warm-blooded animals appeared abruptly 233 million years ago, according to clues hidden deep inside their ears. Before now, scientists estimated that warm-bloodedness, or endothermy, ...

Elephants may look powerful, yet they can be taken out by many of the same health challenges as other mammals. They can ...