While myths about wildlife abound, most are patently false. Bats are not blind; big bears can’t climb trees and birds will not abandon a fledgling touched by a human, among other falsehoods.

The mayor’s pilot program adding another trash day in Center City and South Philly was meant to reduce litter — but some ...

Vishal Subramanyan and Prakrit Jain had never even heard of the rare shrew they would soon spend months chasing. The students were both in the same mammalogy class at the University of California, ...

Well, its origin is a lot more bizarre than you think. Here is everything you need to know about the prophetic rodent and the day dedicated to his winter forecast. Groundhog Day is on Monday ...

State, city and county inspectors have cited Iowa restaurants and stores for hundreds of food-safety violations during the ...

An upcoming workshop show how to press and preserve flowers and turn them into cards, bookmarks and other items.

Genetic analyses have solved the riddle of where a marsupial mole fits on the tree of life: It’s a cousin to bilbies, bandicoots and Tasmanian devils.

Created with Sketch. Animals learn from the behavior of more experienced individuals in their family or social group to figure out which behaviors are likely to be punished and which rewarded.

Students who require practical training in handling of laboratory rodents are expected to complete such practical training in the laboratory animal facility at their own institution. The laboratory ...

Forming a blended family, also known as a stepfamily, is not always Brady Bunch easy. And yet, this is an important family unit: according to the US Census Bureau, about 15 percent of children ...