Many domestic animals can prosper in the wild despite having adapted to thousands of years in captivity. This phenomenon offers an interesting window into the process of adaptation to natural ...
Dogs, cats, pigeons, pigs, cows and other animals will now have even more representation in the state Senate. Sen. Rosemary Brown, R-40, Middle Smithfield Twp., who represents parts of Lackawanna, ...
Since the Middle Ages, the size of wild and domestic animals has largely been shaped by human selection: domestic animals are increasingly larger; wild animals increasingly smaller. During the 7,000 ...
Fatal attractions are a standard movie plotline, but they also occur in nature, with much more serious consequences. As a conservation biologist, I’ve seen them play out in some of Earth’s most remote ...
A Fukushima mutant pig study shows how escaped domestic pigs rapidly bred with wild boar after the 2011 nuclear disaster.
While the majority of pets in the United States are cats or dogs, AWI also recognizes small mammals, birds, horses, and other ...
Many animal lovers have pet dogs or cats. Some have snakes, or gerbils, or rabbits. But you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone in Massachusetts with a pet fox – and for good reason. Keeping a fox as a ...