As elephants age in zoos and sanctuaries, acupuncture is joining veterinary care to manage pain, mobility, digestion, and ...

If you’ve watched a giraffe browsing in the tree canopy, a white rhino meandering across open grassland or a warthog ...

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are often portrayed as sudden breakthroughs, but their roots extend back more than a ...

If you’ve ever spent time around horses—or perhaps even if you haven’t—you may have heard a strange but true fact: horses can’t burp, vomit, or breathe through their mouths. This is not an urban ...

Congress made meaningful strides in this year’s National Institutes of Health funding bill by directing federal spending away ...

When deer start showing up in backyards, it’s easy to feel like you should help them, particularly in winter. Even just a bit of food can’t hurt, right? Well, wildlife agencies discourage this ...

Understanding how the digestion process influences and alters the composition and structure of food is essential for food ...

Sean Doherty, a Hampshire native and New York-based performer, will perform romantic songs with an Elgin Symphony Orchestra ensemble at a Valentine’s Day dinner being held Saturday, Feb. 14, at Dunham ...

Fossilized vomit reveals a surprise flying pterosaur in Brazil, offering new insight into how ancient reptiles lived and fed ...

Postbiotics are the beneficial compounds produced when gut bacteria, including probiotics, break down prebiotics ...

The coffee-eating elephants developed a unique microbial community. Specifically, researchers found a surge in Acinetobacter bacteria—a group known for hanging out on coffee beans—suggesting the beans ...

At first glance, it looks like an alien eye—a gorgeous blue iris around a carmel-colored pupil, thick eyelashes radiating out ...