Mongooses and weasels, often mistaken, are distinct creatures with unique traits. Mongooses, related to cats, thrive in ...

A few years back, a particularly imaginative young boy came into Georgina Berg’s kindergarten class in Churchill, Canada, ...

Of extinct Ice Age animals, woolly mammoths are probably one of the most famous. But if they were still around, then our ...

Seasonality shapes much of life on Earth. Most species, including humans, have synchronized their own rhythms with those of ...

Anna’s hummingbirds have evolved to have longer, larger beaks to access backyard feeders in urban areas. It could be a step ...

Artificial intelligence sea ice forecasting systems could help predict and protect the migration routes of endangered caribou ...

Humans that call the Tibetan Plateau home are evolving right before our eyes, and scientists are watching as it happens.

Dexterity and Climbing Ability: How Ancient Human Relatives Used Their Hands ... Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in 58 ancient Eurasian genomes of early modern ...

May 29, 2025 — Scientists have pioneered a new way to breed climate-resilient crops faster by combining plant genebank data with climate and DNA analysis. The method, tested on sorghum, could ...

This study investigated how microbial community structure and diversity varied with depth and topography in ice wedge polygons of wet tundra of the Arctic Coastal ... depth and were most oxidized in ...