Bite force, a measure of the strength of an animal's bite, helps researchers understand a species' role in the ecosystem.

Some warm-blooded animals are experiencing shifts in their body shapes, likely as a response to the pressures of climate change, according to a new review of existing research. Animals are getting ...

Placozoa are among the simplest animals in the world. They were initially discovered living on the walls of aquariums in a ...

Tigers have round pupils, but domestic cats have vertical slits in the center of their eyes. What gives? A census of the shapes of animals' pupils... Take a close look at a house cat's eyes and you'll ...

Endotherms, commonly called warm-blooded animals, have changed the shape of their bodies over the past century to keep themselves cooler in response to rising global temperatures. Many animals have ...

Frog and toad pupils come in quite the array, from slits to circles. But overall, there are seven main shapes of these animals’ peepholes, researchers report in the Aug. 25 Proceedings of the Royal ...

Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. This book discusses how and why animals evolved into particular shapes. The book identifies the physical laws which decide over the ...

Robotic ammonites, evaluated in a university pool, allow researchers to explore questions about how shell shapes affected swimming ability. They found trade-offs between stability in the water and ...

Some warm-blooded animals are experiencing shifts in their body shapes, likely as a response to the pressures of climate change, according to a new review of existing research. Animals are getting ...