Long ago, the story goes, a king kidnapped two sons of a god, stuffed them in a basket and set them afloat on Italy’s Tiber ...

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The reintroduction of big cats to Britain would cause many problems for smallholders and tenant farmers, says Richard Benson ...

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Pigs have long been known, sometimes celebrated, as among the most intelligent of farm animals. Now, a new Dartmouth-led study provides evidence that pigs were first domesticated from wild boars ...

Ancient pig teeth indicate that the farm animals were first domesticated in China. By Laura Baisas Published Jun 11, 2025 10:10 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs ...

The small wildcats there were assumed to be far enough from urban areas to still be genetically pure, not having interbred with domestic cats (deemed one of the wild species’ greatest risks).

With more than half the world now living in cities and urban land cover expected to increase by about 1.2 million square ...