Scientists caution fisheries and climate change still threaten the animals. Sustained conservation efforts must continue so ...

European cuckoos lay very different eggs depending on the host species. Genetic analyses have revealed how this adaptation is inherited without leading to speciation.

European cuckoos lay very different eggs depending on the host species. Genetic analyses have revealed how this adaptation is inherited without ...

Conservation biologists propose a daunting task: protecting Earth’s diversity of bacteria and other microbes. By Carl Zimmer Hundreds of scientists have joined together to save a group of species from ...

Even within the world of egg-laying animals, there is an incredible variety of reproductive strategies. Some species mate before the female lays her eggs, ensuring they are fertilized internally, ...

Most people assume that only reptiles, fish, and birds lay eggs — after all, that’s what we learned in school. But nature always has a few surprises up its sleeve. Believe it or not, there are ...

The patient had traveled to Central America, where an outbreak of myiasis, an infection by screwworm larvae, has been ravaging livestock. By Alexa Robles-Gil In early August, a case of myiasis, an ...

Birds may be the most famous egg-layers, but they’re far from the only ones! Across the animal kingdom, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and even a few rare mammals rely on this ancient method of ...

Conservationists found a rare creature laying eggs in Wales decades after the species went locally extinct, an organization said. Google Street View May 2024 © 2025 ...

Cattle slaughter grew 3.3% compared to the second quarter of 2024. - Picture: Licia Rubinstein Slaughter of cattle, hogs and pigs, and chicken grew in the second quarter of 2025, both compared to the ...

Target continues to provide unsubstantiated excuses for why it cannot keep its self-imposed promise for one of the biggest animal welfare abuses of our time (“Activists press Target about cage-free ...