FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (KSAZ) --3D Printing is the way of the future, and in some cases it can even save lives. Staff at the Maker Lab at Northern Arizona University are using the technology to help animals ...

Enrichment—adding complexity to an animal’s environment—is an essential element of improving the lives of animals in captivity. Species-appropriate toys, puzzles, and structures, for example, can ...

You can 3D print almost anything these days: prosthetic limbs, clothing, orthotics, toys. Here’s a new one you might not have heard yet: Birds. More specifically, over 55 species of endangered and ...

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In 2020, Drs. Constance Woodman and Giridhar Athrey of Texas A&M University were awarded an AWI Refinement Research Award for a study investigating the toxicity of various 3D printing materials to ...

3D printing has made a real impact in the world of medicine, particularly when it comes to aiding amputees in the third world. But this technology has plenty to offer the animal kingdom too, as a ...

Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear prosthetic tails. Meet Mr. Stubbs, an American alligator that lost its tail several years ago while being illegally transported by a group of animal-traffickers.

For years, medical researchers have studied the possibility of using animal tissues and cells to produce human cartilage. In 2013, Cornell University researchers used a 3D printer to grow human ...

Most people will never see a bristle worm in the wild, but according to a new study, the science derived from these bristly beasts may someday benefit you or someone you know. Bristle worms—aka ...