One of the biggest quests in biology is understanding how every cell in an animal's body carries an identical genome yet ...

Ringtail is Arizona’s state mammal, designated in 1986 to highlight regionally tied symbols. Ringtails are nocturnal, desert-adapted raccoon-like carnivores about the size of a house cat with a ringed ...

Trancing is when dogs enter a slow-motion, focused state while moving under objects, such as Christmas trees. However, the behavior is not uncommon.

The basics of photosynthesis are something that every student learns in school: carbon dioxide, water and light in; oxygen ...

Discover which species star in “The 12 Days of Christmas,” how they live, and whether they’d enjoy life as unusual holiday gifts.

Long associated with imagery of the Three Wise Men, the depiction of Christmas took on a wintry turn in the 16th century. Yet ...

Chimpanzees are clearly among the most intelligent of all non-human animals, but they are rarely regarded as killers. And yet ...