White-throated sparrows reveal nature's complexity, showcasing a spectrum of sexual identities beyond the traditional binary ...

There may be twice as many vertebrates on the planet as previous estimates claimed, according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. That's ...

Scientists think they’ve found a way to investigate the creation of cell membranes and DNA genomes that gave rise to the last universal common ancestor.

Through the lens of conservation photographer and storyteller Anthony Onyango, the country’s vibrant coral gardens reveal a ...

Microbiologists Patrick Moreira and Purificación López-García, together with virologists Arturo Ludmir and Lynn Enquist, are at the center of a sharp debate over whether viruses count as living ...

Imagine zooming out on a giant family tree that includes every bird you have ever seen. Ostriches sprint across open plains, ...

Risk prediction has been used in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease for >3 decades. Contemporary cardiovascular risk assessment relies on multivariable models, which integrate ...

Why does the same virus barely faze one person while sending another to the hospital? New research shows the answer lies in a molecular record etched into our immune cells by both our genes and our ...

A new study, published in the journal PLOS One, argues that this kind of enduring grief after a pet’s death can reach the ...

Ohio University’s growing enrollment has led to crowded dorm conditions with some doubles converted into triples. Students ...

“What we can say, based on all of those new analyses, is that it’s so different from any modern group we have,” said Corentin ...

Oxygen fills the air today, but for most of Earth’s early history it barely existed. Scientists say the atmosphere did not hold steady oxygen until about 2.