animals

See For Yourself How Many Animals Are Close To Extinction

Posted in Featured, Science on 4th Jul, 2014
by Alex Muller

Mass extinctions have happened before in Earth's history, for example when an enormous meteorite slammed into our planet and (likely) wiped out the dinosaurs.

Study: Species disappearing far faster than before

Posted in Science on 30th May, 2014
by Alex Muller

Species of plants and animals are becoming extinct at least 1,000 times faster than they did before humans arrived on the scene.

Brains evolved multiple times and converged on similar designs

Posted in Featured, Science on 22nd May, 2014
by Alex Muller

New findings suggest that brains and nervous systems originated multiple times from scratch.

Animal research 'pledge on openness' agreed

Posted in Medicine on 14th May, 2014
by Alex Muller

UK animal researchers have signed a pledge to be transparent about the nature of their experiments.

Drones Could Help Reduce Poaching in Kenya by 96 Per Cent

Posted in Science on 26th Apr, 2014
by Alex Muller

Drones will soon fill the skies above Kenya's 52 national parks and reserves, after a successful pilot program showed that they're very effective at stopping poachers.