It’s a moment most house-proud dog owners dread. But now Harvard scientists may have discovered the real reason animals shake ...

When hairy mammals feel something on their back, they’ll pull out the “wet dog shakes”. If you’ve ever been within the splash zone of a dog just getting out of the pool, you’ll likely have been on the ...

Scientists discovered a mechanoreceptor that triggers the distinctive shake-off behavior observed in mice when they become ...

Wet dog shakes” – a common reflex behavior shared among many hairy mammals and designed to expel water and irritants from their coats – happens when particular mechanoreceptors are activated, ...

It doesn't get much cuter than these dogs, cats and horses dressed in their Halloween costumes. Donald Trump, a Cincinnati ...

Imagine a robot that can detect scents in the air and track down their sources as efficiently as a dog or a mouse. If realised, it could detect small wildfires in dense forests, find people buried in ...

Used colostomy bags littered the home and the smell of cat and dog feces permeated the space ... figure from his two years on “The Mickey Mouse Club” from 1955 to 1957. He was an original ...

These mice, along with their in utero pups, integrated this heavy element into their proteins. When the animals gave birth, scientists switched the newborns to food containing a lighter isotope of ...

These include rows of upturned screws, as well as broken glass, dog poo and dead mice. The strip is nestled in between thatched cottages and leafy lanes, with the whodunnit ordeal now being ...

While the little mouse with Superman-like abilities made his movie debut ... Dudley Do-Right (a parody of silent films), and ...