Disney’s Animal Kingdom, the most recent addition to Disney World in Orlando, turned 25 last year, and it’s never been better. The extravagant Pandora—The World of Avatar expansion opened in ...

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“Even more rare are males with two tusks, from both left and right upper canines,” Loch says. If we separate out the tusks — which are different from regular teeth because they don’t even fit inside ...

Genetics is the scientific study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics. In the animal kingdom, genetics plays a crucial role in determining the myriad of traits observed in ...

The most powerful bite force in the animal kingdom is awarded to a lethal apex predator, namely the Saltwater Crocodile. Photo: Masaai Mara Are you curious about the incredible feat of strength ...

And, in one of the animal kingdom’s most extreme examples of infant independence, she says: “Once hatched, the chicks will dig themselves out and make a dash for nearby undergrowth without ...

At the very top of the hierarchy is the entire animal kingdom, but just below that zoologists collect species in large groups, called phyla or phylum if we’re just talking about one group ...

With midterms, papers due, and scheduling office hours, the biodiversity of the UVic campus invites students to be grounded ...

Chordates are one of the most diverse phyla within the animal kingdom, but there are some similarities that are shared among most of them. While infraphyla aren’t universally recognized parts of the ...

One reason some of the names seem odd today is they originated from medieval European hunting traditions. The 15th-century The Book of Saint Albans, named animal groups. Other names refer to ...

Systematic review finds that while low-dose fluoride has little effect on gut microbiota, high doses disrupt microbial ...