Elephants are among the most exuberantly expressive of creatures. Joy, anger, grief, compassion, love; the finest emotions reside within these hulking masses. Through years of research, scientists have found that elephants are capable of complex thought and deep feeling. In fact, the emotional attachment elephants form toward family members may rival our own.
Crow populations in Japan have risen sharply since the 1990s, according to a New York Times report. In some cities, …
From the moment he is born, a red deer calf faces a life-long struggle to survive in his new home — the mountain wilderness of the Austrian Alps.
Morgan Sparks, who, during his tenure at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey came up with the first practical version of the transistor, passed away this week at the age of …
It’s not the size of the antlers, it’s the resonance of the mating call. Last year, a study conducted by the University of Sussex discovered that ovulating red deer hinds …
In the 1970s, female East German athletes came from nowhere to dominate international sport. But behind their success lay a horrifying secret. “Doping for Gold” reveals the truth behind the biggest state-sponsored doping program the world has ever known.
Compared to most of the world’s rivers, the Jordan is insignificant. More water flows down the Amazon in an hour than flows down the Jordan in a year. But the Jordan River flows in a part of the world where the health of a river is influenced by politics as well as by the environment. Read more…
According to an AP report, a bald eagle named Beauty will soon be receiving an artificial beak from a team of Idaho …
Dr. Reuven Dukas, a biologist at McMasters University, believes that any animal with a nervous system can learn. But the ability to learn does not necessarily ensure the health and success of a species.
As the death toll from the cyclone that struck Myanmar on Saturday continues to climb, it’s important to ask: how do we monitor killer storms? Visit Savage Planet: Storms of the Century for an inside look at the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
