Some tie directly to survival, like the fight for food, water and sex, whereas others are more abstract, like the spiritual battles of religions. The latter burned yesterday, are burning now, and if ...

Camouflage is a common defensive strategy among animals. By modifying their coloration and patterning, animals evade predators or ambush prey. Notably, more than 40% of alpine plant species in the ...

There has been a number of incidents involving animal cruelty around the country, with the fatal stabbing of a dog by a vendor in Subic, Zambales, among the most recent. What should we do if we ...

A passenger ship in dazzle camouflage. © Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons During World War I, navies ...

Max Genecov is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, a dad, and a stuffed animal owner. “I’ve always had them growing up, I had a big fantasy life with ...

One of the more amazing facts about animals is how so many of them use camouflage to either hide from predators or even hide from potential prey. A well-camouflaged animal simply blends into its ...

Now, de Roode is a world expert in the burgeoning field of animal medication, with a lab of his own at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He spoke to New Scientist about his work, his new book ...

In the study of why and how animals look the way they do ... Crowell surmises it has to do with camouflage. Birds, which can also see UV color, are one of snakes' biggest predators.

Whereas animal cultures affect just a few crucial behaviors, such as courtship and feeding, human cultures cover a massive and constantly expanding set of activities, from clothing to table ...