Most animals reach an adult size, then spend the rest of their lives maintaining it. After maturity, their energy goes toward reproduction, repair, and survival rather than added length or mass. Yet a ...

For thousands of years, humans have slaughtered animals for meat. But Dr. Uma Valeti dreamt of a different way: eating chicken without having to kill a chicken. He figured out how to "grow" meat ...

These animals have adaptations that allow them to live long, endless lives. In fact, there are certain species that can live for an extremely long time and show little or no signs of ageing. This ...

LOS ANGELES -- The person behind one of the country's fastest-growing animal rescues can't even vote yet. Neither can most of the people leading its 10 chapters across the nation. Lou Wegner, a ...

This article was originally published by Quanta Magazine. When the paleontologist Michael D’Emic cut into the bones of Majungasaurus, a distant relative of Tyrannosaurus rex that roamed Madagascar ...