NEW YORK (AP) — Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the same areas tens of thousands of years ago. But we don’t know much about who got with whom, or why. A new ...

Although I’ve been writing these Best of Bill columns every Friday for the past 18 years, most of you know that you really decide what goes in them. Thank ...

Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to a new genetic ...

Most of our Neanderthal ancestors may have been male, according to an new genetic analysis. Scientists looked at the human genes that got interspersed with Neanderthal ones during an ancient mating ...

Terrifying video shows a 10-year-old girl being attacked by two lions at a zoo after being allowed into a forbidden zoo area to feed them. The young girl was seen ...

The SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased the demand for specific-pathogen-free (SPF) nonhuman primates (NHPs) for development of vaccines and therapeutics, thus straining the ...

Animal physiology is the scientific study of the life-supporting properties, functions and processes of animals or their parts. The discipline covers key homeostatic processes, such as the regulation ...

Ever wondered how horses make that high-pitched whinny? A new study says they whistle.

All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have three pairs of jointed legs, segmented bodies, an exoskeleton, one pair of ...