Elastic springs help tiny animals stay fast and strong. New work is finding what size critters must be to benefit from the springs. The fact that surface area and volume increase faster than an object ...

Figure 1: nano-SPEARs probe muscle cells in intact C. elegans. Figure 2: nano-SPEAR recordings are due to animal electrophysiology. Together, the results of our optogenetic experiments and electrical ...

There’s a scandal rocking the animal rescue world a wee bit south of here. Seems the San Diego County Humane Society transferred hundreds of small furries to the ...

Small Animals are household pets normally housed in a cage. These include, but are not limited to, guinea pigs, hamsters, parakeets, turtles, fish, chameleons, etc. Excluded are animals that may be ...

Some of Earth's smallest animals measure just a few millimeters. The pygmy seahorse, for example, can grow up to just 2 centimeters. Here are 16 of the world's smallest creatures. Humans are so small ...

Copepods, the world's most common animal, release unique substances into the oceans. Concentrations of these substances are high enough to affect the marine food web, according to new research. The ...

The staff at the Kabul Small Animal Rescue has been working around the clock to pull off what feels like the impossible. The mission? Fundraise at least $1.5 million for a cargo plane that can airlift ...

People have always associated certain small animals such as bunnies, chicks, and ducklings with the Easter season, but it’s important to remember that these are all living, feeling beings that deserve ...

Michael Samways receives funding from the National Research Foundation, South Africa and Mondi Group (UK). Humans like to think that they rule the planet and are hard wired to do so. But our ...