New research shows newborn animals make smart decisions minutes after hatching, using flexible instincts that combine ...

Mike Webster works for the University of St Andrews. He receives funding from the University of St Andrews and various research organisations. Many animals live in groups. One of the main benefits of ...

Everybody poops. There are even whole books written about it. And we can learn a lot about animals from what they leave behind. Scientists study animal poop, also called scat, to learn about the ...

A white stork flies in Germany, where researchers tracked the birds’ migrations and concluded that they incrementally straighten their migration routes to find more direct ways to move between ...

About 2,200 animals will live at Ohio State’s new Multi-species Animal Learning Complex, also known as MALC, which officially opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday morning. Hosted by the ...

The human capacity to learn exceeds that of any other animal. Indeed, our massive memories and impressive computing power are the engines of all that makes us different from other animals, rooted ...

Ohio State broke ground on a new high-tech farm animal education facility, which will serve as the headquarters for students to learn the science and methodology of raising livestock when completed in ...

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