In this column, @SmokiesLife intern writer Hannah Early examines lichen and biodiversity in Great Smoky Mountains National ...

Karen Kaplan covered science and medical research for the Los Angeles Times. She was a member of the science team from 2005-25, including 13 years as an editor.

The ongoing animal research controversy surrounding the University of Michigan has intensified after yet another article linked to a disgraced researcher has been retracted due to fabricated or ...

The research, published Oct. 4 in the journal Scientific Reports, revealed that cats form associations between pictures and words around four times faster than human toddlers do. Language is the ...

Animal research remains critically important in the work of preventing, treating and eradicating debilitating diseases, write OHSU's chief research officer Peter Barr-Gillespie and primate ...

Increase in Research Spurs Animal Welfare Laws. As public and scientific interest in animal sentience has increased in the past decades, so have research publications.