Once a sperm has broken through to an egg cell in order to fertilize it, the two cells need to hold together tightly. This ...

What are some animals that give birth to huge numbers of offspring at once?” (Watch a female sea urchin produce millions of eggs.) The mola, or ocean sunfish, looks like an animal cracker someone bit ...

Nature is full of evolutionary selflessness. From deep-sea octopuses to certain marsupials, there are animals and insects that reproduce and then die, as their lives can be cut short because they ...

This first step, called somatic cell nuclear transfer, has been used to clone a variety of animals ... the process by which cells divide. This experiment ultimately resulted in 82 egg cells that were ...

MADISON, Wis. (WSAW) -Emotional support or service animals are important for some people’s mental health, or for someone with disabilities. It’s when people falsely claim their pet as one of those ...

Hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) is a colorless gas with a distinct rotten egg odor. It occurs naturally in many industries, including manure storage, oil and gas operations, sewage treatment, tank cleaning, ...

Have you ever wondered how some animals glow in the dark? Bioluminescence is a natural ability in particular living creatures to produce light. It happens through a chemical reaction inside their ...

They say a dog is “man’s best friend,” but pets can come in all shapes and sizes. However, not every animal is legal to keep as a companion in California. The California Department of Fish and ...

A 32-year-old is facing federal charges after prosecutors say he created hundreds of videos of animals being tortured, dismembered and killed, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s ...

Tim is an Australian Senior Editor based in Germany who has been passionate about video games since he first picked up a PlayStation 1 controller to play Crash Bandicoot as a kid. He started out with ...

More than 250,000 animals are hoarded in residences across the United States each year, according to the Animal Humane Society, and they are often left to suffer in horrific conditions. Hundreds are ...

SAN ANTONIO – UPDATE (5:57 p.m.): This story has been updated with a response from the mayor’s office. Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones delayed a proposal this week that aimed to punish people who abandon ...