It’s not the size of the antlers, it’s the resonance of the mating call. Last year, a study conducted by the University of Sussex discovered that ovulating red deer hinds …

Compared to most of the world’s rivers, the Jordan is insignificant. More water flows down the Amazon in an hour than flows down the Jordan in a year. But the Jordan River flows in a part of the world where the health of a river is influenced by politics as well as by the environment. Read more…

Dr. Reuven Dukas, a biologist at McMasters University, believes that any animal with a nervous system can learn. But the ability to learn does not necessarily ensure the health and success of a species.

Besides a few species of amphibians and reptiles, vertebrates cannot replace lost body parts. Except for deer, that is.

Each year, through a process called epimorphic regeneration, deer shed and replace …

They aren’t the most beautiful of Earth’s creatures, but conservationists are determined to save these scavengers from extinction anyway. We’re talking about vultures, of course. In many cases, human action …