Most animals are covered in hair, so why do some, like humans, have so much less than all the rest even though we still carry body hair genes? Scientists have now compared the genomes of 62 animals to ...

(CNN) - A nonprofit based in San Francisco is using human hair and animal fur to help clean up oil spills. A standard way to clean up oil on land is to use mats made from polypropylene, a ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Watch a fly land on the kitchen table, and the first thing it does is clean itself, very, very carefully. Although we can’t see it, the animal’s surface is covered with dust, pollen ...