Tucked in the basement of the Mayo Building on the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus sits a detached, beating pig’s heart floating in clear liquid. Graduate and undergraduate students ...

The pink, white and red blob of tissue quivers in a vat of clear goop about the size of a kitchen sink. Graduate students whiz around this slimy beating heart and crawl under the tubes connected to ...

Mammals, from the mighty blue whale to the tiny shrew, inhabit nearly every corner of our planet. Their remarkable adaptability to different environments has long fascinated scientists, with each ...