Anne Billson (A lot of animals were harmed in the making of these films, G2, 25 May) asserts that the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) “still cuts non-faked animal abuse, although it is ...

There are millions of different types of living things on Earth. In order to keep track of them all, scientists put living things into groups based on characteristics that they have that are the same.

Animals are an essential part of our natural world, and we identify them using names that are familiar in everyday life. However, these common names are not always consistent across different ...

Fish, flies and bears, oh my! A new research breakthrough gives genetic proof of how differences in (very different) animals develop. An international team of biologists has identified the molecular ...