After three years of dedicated work, Florian Trepp and his team have successfully catalogued and photographed approximately 2000 objects in the Anatomical Collection of Domestic Animals at the ...

You might think you know which animals and plants are considered "domesticated" or “domestic” and which ones aren't—but a new definition has launched a big debate among scientists.

1. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? That’s easy: eggs. Microfossil embryos in primitive eggs from southern China are about 600 million years old. 2. The chicken, however, now the world’s most ...

Comparative genomics revealed genetic differences between wild and domestic animals, highlighting traits influenced by human selection.

Domesticated animals are also usually reliably fed. This might alter certain features, but would certainly change natural metabolism and growth. Caged rats have also been seen to develop signs of ...

The Brockhouse Collection, one of the most comprehensive collections of taxidermy in the Midwest, will be donated to three institutions, where precautions will be taken for safe public viewing.