Quite an advantage in today’s world.

A new typology helps explain why perpetrators target reproduction and why international law has been so slow to hold them accountable.

In one of the most remote and harsh environments on Earth, three penguin species are telling a story that’s about much more ...

Plastic pollution may be quietly fueling algal blooms by knocking out the grazers that usually keep algae under control.

When mammals have offspring, both in the wild and in captivity, new life is celebrated. This is especially true for species ...

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biology have discovered a remarkably streamlined strategy for developmental ...

Why do we sometimes keep eating even when we're full and other times turn down food completely? Why do we crave salty things ...

In Netflix's "Wake Up Dead Man" a reproduction of one of the Gardner Museum's missing Rembrandts makes a fleeting cameo.

Small RNAs are short RNA molecules that help determine which genes in a cell are switched on or off. Until now, it was assumed that the small RNAs necessary for pollen development originate in the ...

On a remote Alaskan island, gray wolves are rewriting the rulebook by hunting sea otters — a behavior few scientists ever expected to see. Researchers are now uncovering how these coastal wolves ...

Women in India were told they couldn't be paid for their eggs. The result: a black market for eggs from women in need of ...

Aging muscles heal more slowly after injury - a frustrating reality familiar to many older adults. A new UCLA study conducted ...