Urban raccoons are developing shorter snouts, revealing how city life is subtly reshaping wildlife anatomy and behavior.

From bonobos and rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, and what that ...

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Many medical advancements have come at the cost of rodent lives, and that's largely due to some rather surprising ...

LA, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino county booksellers suggest the best books of 2025 to give this season.

This article was produced by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute. Reynard Loki is a co-founder of the Observatory, where he is the environment and animal rights editor.

It’s been quite a week for one Seattle scientist, after getting an unexpected late-night call from a Swedish phone number last week. That call turned out to bring good news: Dr. Mary Brunkow is ...

Abstract: This study investigates the molecular and functional distinctions between two adjacent layers of the mouse motor cortex, MOL5 and MOL6, using spatial transcriptomics (ST). The spatial ...

In much of the eastern United States, it’s not uncommon to spot a snake slithering through the leaves, crossing a trail, or hiding near your shed. But knowing whether that snake is venomous or ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...