The evolution of human hands is one of the most important – and overlooked – stories of our origin. Now, new fossil evidence ...

The DNR is encouraging the public to report findings of black bear dens in Wisconsin. Bears at the sites could be included in a ongoing study of reproduction and population.

These flies lay eggs on open wounds, and their larvae feed on live flesh. And a case was just stopped in a Florida quarantine ...

Space is full of radiation, which is bad for both babies and non-babies alike, but we also have to worry about how microgravity affects the human body, too.

How Our Cities Are Inviting Wildlife Viruses In As suburbs expand into forests, grasslands, and wetlands, the boundary between human and wildlife spaces becomes less distinct.

Noise pollution is affecting bird behaviour across the globe, disrupting everything from courtship songs to the ability to find food and avoid predators, ...

We urgently need to research how humans can reproduce in space, scientists say - Process of having children beyond Earth is ...

What scientists do know from limited laboratory experiments and astronaut data is that space presents a demanding environment ...

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 ...

Scientists have recently discovered a newly-recognized threat within the deep sea: marine darkwave. Learn all about this looming concern.

Homo sapiens and Neanderthals were probably interbreeding over a huge area stretching from western Europe into Asia. It was thought that this probably happened in the eastern Mediterranean region, but ...