Fuller Bazer, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Animal Science, received the Society for Reproduction and Fertility's Marshall Medal.

Many blacktip reef sharks in French Polynesia are commonly fed by tourists. But the low-quality diet is changing the sharks’ behavior and physiology.

Improved analytical techniques mean tiny amounts of endocrine disrupting compounds or PFAS can be found in many places. But ...

The advent of agriculture 12,000 years ago increased the availability of affordable, energy-dense, palatable food, resulting in a substantial effect on the evolutionary physiology of hunger that ...

Sex historian, Dr Esme Louise James, and AI expert, Dr Matt Agnew, have revealed what would happen if an astronaut ejaculated ...

To make a baby, there must be a successful gestation. Gestation is the process of becoming before birth in which an embryo is transformed into a mature human fetus that can be capable of surviving ...

A new study published in Science Advances reveals that rat populations are surging in cities experiencing rising temperatures ...

Portsmouth scientists have discovered that a species of crab - named after US actor David Hasselhoff because of its hairy belly - has different claw characteristics for males and females ...

We learned at school that there are five different classes of animals. These are mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. However, this knowledge, long enshrined in textbooks, does not seem to ...

Animal science students gain perspective on the interconnections between animal, environmental and human health. They work directly with faculty to address real-world challenges—from supporting ...