Enjoy a look back at some incredible and heartwarming stories about the Smithsonian National Zoo's animals and the people who care for them.

Biologists used artificial intelligence to make discoveries about molecules and the brain, and overturned long-held assumptions about the immune system and RNA.

To achieve this, Colossal’s team is exploring groundbreaking methods of reproductive biology. One approach involves ...

Celebrate and look back at some of the groundbreaking discoveries and historic breakthroughs achieved by researchers from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute over the last year. Dozens of ...

The domestication of livestock and plants marked an important stage in the settlement of human populations in the Neolithic ...

Pairings like peanut butter and jelly or milk and cereal are iconic. But the concept of creating winning combinations is not limited to the kitchen; it is a fundamental principle driving the ...

University of Gothenburg researchers have provided scientific proof that shore crabs feel pain, urging a reevaluation of how shellfish are treated under EU animal welfare laws. This evidence supports ...

A Salina student is among students at K-State receiving funding to conduct cancer research. Keat Robinson is among 21 Kansas ...

New research by neuroscience professor Josh Neunuebel found male mice who are being chased use female mice to distract their ...

Psychological science has long struggled to effectively define its core subject matter. The concept of mindedness gives us a ...

For millennia, humans have observed and have been inspired by the ways that animals move. Some researchers theorize that ...

Animal biotechnology is a branch of biotechnology in which molecular biology techniques are used to genetically engineer (i.e. modify the genome of) animals in order to improve their suitability ...