These nuns check on giant rabbits every morning before prayers to save them from extinction. Sister Consuelo Peset Laudeña ...

Feral rabbits are causing damage on farms and in towns, but biological control research has been delayed by funding woes.

According to Global Sisters Report, the 54-year-old abbess is leading a group of Franciscan sisters at the Convent of St.

Sister Consuelo Peset Laudeña's morning routine is not what one would typically expect from an abbess. Before prayers and ...

Sr. Consuelo Peset Laudeña's morning routine is not what one would typically expect from an abbess. Before prayers and breakfast, she heads to inspect, one by one, cages housing 35 giant rabbits and ...

NORTHERN RED DESERT—Ilaria Bacchiocchi cracked a smile as she explained the nontechnical term her research crews use for the tiny cylinder of digested sagebrush resting in her palm. “Fresh out the ...

University of Idaho doctoral student Ilaria Bacchiocchi, left, and wildlife technician Sacha Wells, right, review GPS points indicating the locations of pygmy rabbit den openings early in the morning ...

A person’s genes play a far greater role in likely lifespan than previously thought, according to a major new study published Thursday in the journal Science. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

Scientific names aside, the assumption that animals that share relatively similar outward appearances must therefore be capable at times of cross breeding, is fostered by some of the common names the ...

TOKYO – A team of researchers led by a professor at Fukushima University is undertaking a rare initiative to resolve a question that arose during the process of producing a picture book. The ...