Speaking at a recent meeting of the British Pharmacological Society in Brighton, UK, Christine Mummery described how using embryonic stem cells to create human heart cells could b ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new way that giant embryonic cells divide—without relying on the classic “purse-string” ring long thought essential for splitting a cell in two. Studying ...

A piglet born with only two legs in Agoncillo, Batangas, has captured the hearts of many online after its unusual condition was shared on social media.

The ocean still hides many secrets, and sometimes the smallest or simplest creatures reveal the biggest clues about life.

S. Emi Knafo, DVM, DACZM, discusses the species she commonly sees in practice as a zoological medicine specialist, in a ...

Interestingly, scientists have been up to some weird stuff over the years, and thanks to them, people can now buy a ...

Distinguished medical historian Dr. John Parascandola offers an engaging, thought-provoking, and well-researched account of the growth of animal experimentation and the parallel rise of the animal ...

This octopus can brood its eggs for nearly four years without eating. Here’s how this biological extreme has reshaped how ...

Growing tissues can crack, break, and dissociate to form structures that can later withstand immense forces.

Meet the Manx Loaghtan: a Bronze Age sheep with four horns, Viking history, and a genetic secret only recently uncovered.

Knowable Magazine reports that equine cloning has transformed polo in Argentina, raising ethical questions amid industry ...

In South Carolina, a referral center has doubled its footprint to expand specialty and emergency services. In Kentucky, a ...