animals

On the brink of a mass extinction?

Posted in Featured, Science on 17th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

The world's animal and plant species are going extinct at a rate 1,000 to 10,000 times faster than they did before humans came along.

Why Don't Animals Get Schizophrenia (and How Come We Do)?

Posted in Medicine on 26th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

Research suggest an evolutionary link between the disorder and what makes us human.

Ancient fossil may rewrite fish family tree

Posted in Featured, Science on 13th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

These findings as a whole could correct the misconception that cartilaginous fish are more primitive than bony fish.

Earth faces sixth great extinction

Posted in Featured, Science on 15th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

41% of all amphibians on the planet now face extinction while 26% of mammal species and 13% of birds are similarly threatened.

Birds do it, bees do it. Many animals 'self medicate'

Posted in Science on 10th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

Some animals are creating their own pharmacies from ingredients that commonly occur in nature.