Mississippi State University biologist Matthew W. Brown is part of an international research team whose latest findings, published this spring in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...

A microbiologist named João Pedro de Magalhães proposed the idea that the reign of dinosaurs forced mammals to speed up their ...

Multiple invasive worm species, including hammerhead worms and Asian jumping worms, are spreading across North America, ...

This week we hear from PhD researcher Rebecca Humphreys‑Lamford about their experiences undertaking a placement with the BFI to explore asexuality in the archive.

Ice is a heck of a preservative, but keeping something alive for thousands of years is different than keeping your meat fresh ...

From a celibate porn star to an asexual ex-Mormon, the internet is full of people who are abstaining from sex—and it’s not just incels. But the data shows that young women, too, are having less sex.

The idea that modern humans inherited DNA from Neanderthal ancestors is one of the 21st century’s most celebrated discoveries in evolution. It may not be that simple.

Researchers from The University of Osaka have shown that the MIC11 gene of Toxoplasma gondii is essential for the parasite to egress, or exit, the host cell, a key part of the lifecycle. Deletion of ...

For most animals, survival is a game of chance. Sexual reproduction mixes DNA, keeping the gene pool diverse and giving evolution more options. When a species stops mixing genes, it usually goes ...

A fire broke out at a home in Wrentham on Monday. Rehoboth appoints new fire chief after former leader removed The Rehoboth Board of Selectmen appointed a new fire chief on Monday. 2 arrested on drug ...

Some bones indicate that the hunter-gatherers of the time fed dogs fish. Their remains were also treated in similar ways to those of humans in death. Reading time 3 minutes The bond between humans and ...

Two new papers have shown that dogs were fully distinct from wolves—and companions with people—more than 14,000 years ago. Two new genetic analyses combed the archaeological record for domestic dogs ...