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For a small number of animals, reproduction marks a biological endpoint rather than a stage in an ongoing life cycle. Death ...

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Find out which animals live the longest and what clues this gives us for potentially slowing down human aging.

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It is a wonder-filled, sometimes puzzling, and even shocking world out there in the animal kingdom. One of those kickoff ...

Professional python hunters spotted something strange happening in a South Florida pond. They soon realized they might be the ...

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For most living things, ageing is a regular part of life. However, some animals seem to slow down, avoid, or even escape this ...

From metaphors for our behavior to demonstrations of our superior status, we use animals to help define ourselves.