This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. You might have played the game called "animal, vegetable, mineral". One player thinks of an object or organism and ...

Zoophobia refers to a fear of animals. Most of the time, this fear is directed at a specific type of animal. However, it’s also possible for a person with zoophobia to fear all or many types of ...

A newly identified sponge group called Vilesida is giving scientists a clearer view of animal origins, linking sponges with ...

From a Hercules beetle tough natural armor to a sea anemone’s soft fluid-filled body, nature boasts a variety of skeletons. A circa-1910 x-ray photograph of pot-bellied seahorses shows their ...