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Animal activists staged a protest outside the Hong Kong Pet Show on Thursday urging the public to adopt dogs and avoid ...

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This fall, one of those clones gave birth to kits delivering a scientific breakthrough and possibly, an important tool to saving the animal's population ... a captive breeding and reintroduction ...

Equine breeding behaviours are complex and are influenced by various factors, including genetics, environmental settings, and social structures. This article explores how these majestic creatures ...

A new study challenges long-standing beliefs by suggesting that dog skull shape does not determine task performance.

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The virus that causes eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, has evolved to infect mosquitoes. To be able to spread between ...