There is no doubt that the little tapir in this adorable Instagram post is enjoying dinner, though he was perhaps never taught it’s polite to keep your mouth closed when chewing! This animal also has ...

Aging brings about a range of changes—often unwelcome—to our bodies: sagging skin, graying or thinning hair, and a decline in muscle strength and vitality. But aging also affects us on the inside, ...

The Bergen County Zoo announced the death of Tonka, a 25-year-old Baird's tapir who has lived at the zoo since 2003.

A 25-year-old Baird’s tapir died this week at the Bergen County Zoo, according to a Facebook post from the zoo. “Tonka” arrived at the zoo in 2003 at the age of 3 and lived five years longer than the ...

One of the fundamental rules of inheritance states that different alleles (gene copies) of a trait, such as sex, are ...

Before the change to Michigan's Large Carnivore Act, citations unrelated to large carnivores threatened several animal ...

Finding a partner and sticking with them for life isn’t all that common in the animal world, but a few species really commit.

Migratory birds that fill North American forests with spring songs depend on Central America’s Five Great Forests far more ...

THE opening session was devoted to general considerations of animal genetics. H.C.McPhee described the United States Department of Agriculture's long-term inbreeding projects with pigs, sheep, and ...

Every spring, the familiar songs of Wood Thrushes and warblers return to the parks and backyards of eastern North America.

The color change, driven by hormones, seems aimed at preventing males from accidentally mating with each other. Two Asian common toad couples mating in Karnataka, India. The yellow toads pictured are ...