Researchers studying the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum have discovered a previously unknown stage in its life cycle that appears to be crucial for reproduction. This is important because ...

A new study has uncovered a hidden step that helps the deadliest malaria parasite survive and multiply inside the human body. Researchers studying Plasmodium falciparum found that the parasite relies ...

Stemming from a rare genetic condition, Brian Tobin has had cancer six times since the age of 25. However, he says people can survive and thrive despite this challenge ...

Breast milk, long overlooked by science, is a complex, adaptive biological system shaping immunity, gut microbiome, and ...

Books & the Arts / In her new book, Alyssa Battistoni explores how nature came to be treated as a supposedly cost-free ...

Both the UK and US Governments have pledged to end research using animals, but is such a goal realistic? And how might it change medical research? Talha Burki reports.

The Detroit Zoo’s Arctic Ring of Life recently welcomed a new male polar bear named Kali through a coordinated animal ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo welcomed a rare new addition on Monday, a female elephant calf, marking the zoo’s first elephant birth in more than 25 years.

An upside-down jellyfish drifts in a shallow lagoon, rhythmically contracting its translucent bell. By night that beat drops ...

Study shows LED streetlights suppress moth activity by 85%. Even "wildlife-friendly" amber lights cause harm, with no easy ...