S ome animals have a curious way of emitting light that we humans can see when we shine a blacklight on them, a pastime that ...

Roughly 1.77-million-year-old teeth show that slow development in hominids may have had an earlier start than previously ...

It has been 50 years since archaeologists discovered Lucy, perhaps the most famous ancient hominin ever found. But the ...

A breakthrough fossil discovery is changing what we know about some of the largest mammals to ever walk the Earth.

While primates could be natural successors, their similarities to humans might make them extinct, leading to the dominance of ...

With migratory waterfowl back for the cold seasons, Oregon is the first state to report new spike in avian flu detections ...

Microscopic analysis by Montana scientists has revealed the first detailed structure of the pathogen that causes chronic ...

Shark attacks can be deterred by new LED light system, scientists say - Sharks less likely to interact as LED lights get ...

On November 12 at UCSD the Students for Justice in Palestine held a secret meeting in La Jolla in order to invite Dr. Ahmed Abdeen to discuss his surgical ...

When cooking or serving with black plastic utensils, like spatulas, tongs and ladles, the toxic materials inside can seep ...

Fossil teeth challenge the idea that large brains drove extended childhood, suggesting cultural transmission shaped human evolution.

Almost by chance, researchers in Norway have found that adult comb jellies reverse their development and become larva again when stressed by starvation. It helps them survive because larva eat less th ...