Animal Biology

Yes, female reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) can and do grow antlers, although the timing and purpose differ from males. In many populations, both sexes are antlerized during the wi...

Across the animal kingdom, true external ears are rarer than many people assume, and the notion of a species with just one ear is usually a misunderstanding of anatomy, injury,...

Lobsters have a decentralized nervous system with a central nervous system composed of a brain and ventral nerve cord, but most of their nervous tissue is distributed in periphe...