A Tapanuli orangutan, the world’s rarest great ape, has been discovered dead in mud and log debris in a village in northern ...

Although the science is unsettled, the White House has embraced core tenets of the ‘sperm count decline hypothesis.’ ...

Wood warblers, also called New World warblers, are some of the most colorful birds in North America, with more than a hundred ...

In a new study published in Nature, scientists have successfully developed genetically modified mosquitoes in Tanzania that ...

As the planet heats, polar bears in southeastern Greenland appear to be adjusting to warmer conditions, new research from the ...

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy, affecting about 1 in 8,000 people.

“Our latest discovery helps solve a 20-year cosmic mystery,” co-lead author Daniel Whalen from the University of Portsmouth's ...

Artificial beaver dams are spreading across the Pacific Northwest. New research shows they may help rivers handle warming ...

Giant tortoises are some of the long-lived species on the planet. Here’s what biologists now understand about one of nature’s ...

Interactions among viruses can help them succeed inside their hosts or impart vulnerabilities that make them easier to treat.

These tiny turtles may be small now, but they play a big role in Alabama’s coastal ecosystems, and visitors can help support ...

This month Genome Research publishes a special issue highlighting novel advances in computational biology. In collaboration ...