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 ...

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 ...

Dr. Shannon McGee joined forces with caretaker Mike Garey and Novacopy to make an accurate 3D printed new foot for Buttercup. The duck, who was born with a backwards foot, is now able to walk around ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A 4-month-old kitten named Sonic whose abnormal leg has prevented him from acting like the average cat will be given a second chance — and a new prosthetic — ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...