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A watchdog group has filed a federal complaint alleging that the Johns Hopkins University repeatedly violated animal welfare ...

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A new form of imaging has unseated an octopus from its oldest fossil title, but resulted in a new discovery in the process.

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Decades of data reveal that animals involved in the wildlife trade—from pet sales to meat markets to illegal poaching—are ...

People sell wild animals for food and for traditional medicine — legally and illegally. A study looks at the risks of ...

A strange creature from the deep ocean, Ferreiraella populi, was named by internet users and is now a scientifically ...

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