Pets who are fed less show hunger and increase their food-seeking behaviour, making owners feel guilty. They eat their ...

From beached whales to road-kill raccoons and an infamous brain worm, the Health and Human Services Secretary has had his ...

Whether you call him groundhog, woodchuck, whistle-pig or use the full genus and species name, Marmota monax, the nation’s premiere animal weather forecaster has been making headlines as Punxsutawney ...

Scientists say the learning skill allows dietary knowledge to spread rapidly through the community, say scientists.

Over the course of six months, black lesions and deep ulcers formed over the body of a 78-year-old man, puzzling doctors. His ...

Mammalian meat allergy (MMA) is one of the few known food allergies caused by an environmental trigger—a tick bite. In simple ...

In a study, Australian cockatoos figured out that a new food was OK to consume by observing one another, a vivid example of ...

Human children often copy their friends’ preferences for toys or clothes, while adults are prone to jumping on popular diets ...

For a long time, Neanderthals were imagined as bulky carnivores of the Ice Age: heavy-browed hunters who lived on slabs of ...

"Animal Farm" is a movie full of songs and talking critters but also tackles heady themes from George Orwell's novella. Is it ...

A new randomized clinical trial provides some of the clearest evidence to date that what we eat can meaningfully reshape both ...

Wild parrots learn whether new types of food are safe to eat by observing other members of their social group, allowing ...