In a warming world, the health of forests can change in surprising ways. A new analysis highlights how a weakening Atlantic ...

Discover how the brain solves complex problems using simple strategies like hierarchical and counterfactual reasoning.

When food runs low, some bacteria kill and eat their neighbors. Study shows a survival strategy that changes how we think ...

Two 325-million-year-old ctenacanth shark fossils discovered in Mammoth Cave shed light on ancient marine ecosystems.

Somewhere deep inside a salt cave in Hallstatt, Austria, a small crystal disk stores the entire human genome, and possibly ...

Fascinating research discovered crucial blood biomarkers, including levels of cholesterol and glucose, are all present in ...

Two X chromosomes mean girl, and an X paired with a Y means boy. For the last 300 million years, this system has worked very ...

A rare new spoon-nose eel species, Mystriophis caboverdensis, has been discovered in the Cabo Verde Archipelago.

Scientists have discovered that supergenes - clusters of tightly linked DNA - help drive the explosive evolution of cichlid ...

Despite global cuts to mercury emissions, Arctic wildlife are accumulating toxic levels as century-old pollution rides ocean ...

Researchers found that eating more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains during the day can measurably improve sleep quality ...

Scientists have extracted genetic information from 400 medieval burials that date between the eighth and eighteenth centuries ...