In the largest study of its kind, scientists have accurately documented the massive change in animal morphology over the last 1,000 years, with domesticated animals growing larger across the board and ...

Few domesticated animals have flourished as well as rabbits have when reintroduced into the wild—a phenomenon that has often had economic and ecological consequences. And now a team of researchers has ...

Humans have caused wild animals to shrink and domestic animals to grow, according to a new study out of the University of Montpellier in southern France. Researchers studied tens of thousands of ...

Protecting livestock in areas where large carnivores (like lions) live is increasingly important as human land use expands, wildlife habitat shrinks, and climatic changes reshape the ways in which ...

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 ...

Joel Berger receives funding from Colorado State University and the Wildlife Conservation Society. Fatal attractions are a standard movie plotline, but they also occur in nature, with much more ...

As migrating bird populations begin to travel through Colorado during late fall and winter, Colorado Parks and Wildlife expects an increase in wild birds infected with highly pathogenic avian ...

Adenoviruses represent a diverse group of double-stranded DNA viruses that infect a wide range of animal hosts, from reptiles and birds to mammals and fish. Their ubiquitous nature in wildlife and ...

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, ...

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 ...