WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A respected Polish scientific institute has classified domestic cats as an “invasive alien species,” citing the damage they cause to birds and other wildlife. Some cat lovers ...

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In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries artists were fascinated by how the animal kingdom was classified. They were in some instances ahead of natural historians, a new article suggests. In the ...

The country that has brought the concept of “plant dignity” to the world has now extended “rights” to members of “social species.” animals. From the story: Under a new Swiss law enshrining rights for ...

Sea anemones may look like exotic underwater plants but have long been classified as predatory animals. Yet is seems that genetically they really are half animal and half plant as the creatures show a ...

Animals can be divided into groups. We call this 'classification'. Classification allows us to group animals together depending on their similarities and differences. Animals are divided into two main ...