At anatomy dinners, experts delve into how body parts function in both animals and people, and explain how the part is turned into food. (Photo: Jason Bartlett) When Dr. Jonathan Reisman was in ...

When danger strikes, humans usually have two choices — run or fight. But in the wild, some animals have figured out a third, much stranger option: drop part of their own body to survive. It’s called ...

Some warm-blooded animals are shapeshifting and getting larger beaks, legs and ears to better regulate their body temperatures as the planet gets hotter, according to a new review of existing research ...

Injuries are a part of life. When humans get hurt, our wounds heal, but scars remain and lost body parts never return. In the animal world, things can be very different. Some animals can grow back ...

Imagine this: you accidentally lose an arm or a leg, and instead of rushing to the hospital, your body just grows it back. Sounds like something out of a superhero movie, right? But for many creatures ...

In this activity, your child will play a game to match animals’ body parts. Together you will observe and compare body parts to match with other players’ animal cards. Then your child will explain the ...

In all of the worlds continents there are plenty of animals with strange adaptations. These adaptations can help the animals hunt their prey, escape predators, and travel around their natural ...