Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?
The extinction of dinosaurs about 65 million years ago helped create an environment where fruits could thrive, leading to the evolution of primates, a new study has found. At such a critical moment in ...
A sponge-like implant in mice helped guide a treatment that slowed or stopped a degenerative condition similar to multiple sclerosis in humans. It also gave researchers a look at how primary ...
New research adds evidence that learning a successful strategy for approaching a task doesn't prevent further exploration, even if it reduces performance.
Usually, when a creature is considered extinct, it's thought to be gone forever. But that's not true of this species, which ...
Maybe it's a life hack or a liability, or a little of both. A surprising result in a new MIT study may suggest that people and animals alike share an inherent propensity to keep updating their ...
A new AI study from China shows AI models can replicate themselves, leaving researchers worried. However, there's a big ...
In honor of Queen Elizabeth II and her illustrious seven-decade reign, we take a walk down memory lane and see how a young ...
She was a media sensation in the late 1990s, but not much has been mentioned about Dolly, the first cloned sheep.
Kate Rodriguez-Clark is an animal matchmaking guru. Among her responsibilities as a population ecologist for the Smithsonian, ...
Work at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in northern Colorado is helping save one of the most endangered species.