Cockroaches that catch a ride on ants. Grasshoppers that climb aboard sheep. Hitchhiking animals are more common than you think. A classic example of phoresy, the remora uses a modified fin that ...

When a culture, whose economy has long been built on each family having a small herd or flock, is crowded into shrinking ...

A construction company working on Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) has been forced to suspend ...

A construction company working on Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) has been forced to suspend ...

IT’S GREAT TO SEE YOU, DOCTOR WILDES AS ALWAYS. SO THE THE BABIES IN THE BARNYARD, THOSE BABY ANIMALS ARE ADORABLE. EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM SCREAMS JUST COME PET ME. BUT WHAT’S THE RISK?

An increasing number of college campuses are offering animal-assisted therapy to students, including Wheaton College in Norton. Tito is a 7-year-old Australian cattle mix and certified therapy dog ...

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Researchers recently uncovered footprints in Lesotho that resemble bird tracks. Amazingly, these prints date back about 215 million years, long before birds evolved! The discovery suggests that some ...

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Picture: US Embassy in Maseru, copied for fair use A 6-billion Maloti (R6-billion) American-funded development project in Lesotho is on the verge of collapse as the United States moves to shut ...