Inside the growing scientific quest to understand what creatures with the extraordinary ability to defy the ravages of time can teach us about making human aging better.

The platypus is one of nature’s strangest mammals. This egg-laying animal sweats milk, hunts by sensing electrical signals, carries venomous spurs, and even glows under ultraviolet light. Discover the ...

While eating dinner on Feb. 7, 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots, was told her two decades in prison for alleged treason were finally over -- but not ...

Marine animals, such as the extremely simple flatworm Trichoplax, are ideal model organisms for studying the early evolutionary origins of animal life processes. Despite measuring only a few ...

No one in the world thinks that animal testing is humane. If you do, you're lying to yourself. There is no humane way to capture an animal, cage it, inject it with a disease, and perform endless tests ...

GEORGETOWN, SC (WMBF) - An animal shelter in Georgetown is turning to the community for help. Saint Frances Animal Shelter on Ridge Street said it is in a “truly desperate situation.” The shelter said ...

If there is ever a time for comfort foods, it’s when frightfully bitter cold moves in. And that’s expected to be on tap for metro Detroit and a good swath of the country this weekend and next. It’s ...

San Francisco police are crediting multiple witnesses for the arrest of an animal cruelty suspect in the China Basin neighborhood. At approximately 11:10 a.m. Monday, police say officers responded to ...

Retirement might feel like a lifetime away when you’re in your 20s or 30s, but that’s exactly why now is the best time to start preparing for it. The earlier you start, the less money you’ll need to ...