Animals that have met with misfortune, whether from a birth defect, accident, disease or even human cruelty, are now getting a second chance at life due to human intervention and technological ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

On April 9 at 8PM a most moving and inspiring PBS/Nature documentary called "My Bionic Pet" will air (a short trailer can be seen here and a description of the film can be seen here). I've watched a ...

Humans are no longer the only ones to benefit from medical prosthetics. The development of the technology over the years has allowed scientists to use prosthetics to help amputated animals regain lost ...

Oscar, a three-year old British cat, has joined the rarefied ranks of bionic animals. After a horrifying accident chopped off his hind legs, Oscar has gotten a second lease on life through two bionic ...

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A new menagerie of animal-inspired robotics has been unveiled by the researchers at Festo. One flies like a butterfly, another works in groups like ants and the third grips objects like a chameleon's ...

An endangered loggerhead sea turtle injured in a boating accident off the coast of Turkey has been given a lifesaving prosthetic jaw that offers a glimpse of how 3-D printing is revolutionizing ...

Ants are nature's very own army: goal-driven, indefatigable and capable of great victories in the face of adversity. Now, a German engineering company is looking to harness the power of these insects ...

So, you probably already know that we have a soft spot for animals, particularly Adorable Animals in Trouble who manage to overcome difficulties that would lay your typical human low for the rest of ...