15-05-15 A dog and a sow were arguing and each claimed that its own young ones were finer than those of any other animal. Well, said the sow at last, mine can see, at any rate, when they come into the world: but yours are born blind. 狗和母猪争辩，都说自己的...

15-04-03 As a professional animal trainer, I was disturbed when my own dog developed a bad habit. Every time I hung my wash out on the clothesline, she would yank it down. Drastic action was called for. I put a white kitchen towel on the line and waited. Eac...

15-03-13 Many animals, including humans, acquired essential 'foreign' genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in ancient times, according to research published in the open access journal Genome Biology. The study challenges conventional views...

15-02-27 Man is the only animal that robs his helpless fellow of his country-takes possession of it and drives him out of it or destroys him. Man has done this in all the ages. There is not an acre of ground on the globe that is in possession of its rightful...

14-11-19 As genome sequencing has gotten faster and cheaper, the pace of whole-genome sequencing has accelerated, dramatically increasing the number of genomes deposited in public archives. Although these genomes are a valuable resource, problems can arise w...

14-11-14 In an unexpected mashup of financial and mechanical engineering, researchers have discovered that the same modeling used to forecast fluctuations in the stock market can be used to predict aspects of animal behavior. Their work proposes an unprecede...

14-07-24 Mr. Whitson taught sixth-grade science. On the first day of class, he gave us a lecture about an animal called the Cattywampus, an ill-adapted nocturnal（夜的） animal that was wiped out during the Ice Age, he passed around a skull as he talked. We...

14-04-16 By tracking brain activity when an animal stops to look around its environment, neuroscientists at the Johns Hopkins University believe they can mark the birth of a memory. Using lab rats on a circular track, James Knierim, professor of neuroscience...

13-11-21 My second decree is that every day you must bring me an animal for my supper. A king can't do his own hunting. The animals nodded gloomily. And my third decree is, if you don't do as I say, I'll eat the lot of you! The animals now turned to one anot...

13-09-13 A new study led by Adelaide researchers has estimated, for the first time, the rates of evolution during the Cambrian explosion when most modern animal groups appeared between 540 and 520 million years ago. The findings, published online today in th...