A new study of British wrens has provided new insights into the inner workings of "island syndromes," according to research ...

This groundbreaking neurotechnology allows scientists to activate neurons with light, opening new frontiers in brain research ...

SAN DIEGO – Evolution works over millennia. Climate change is moving far faster. That mismatch is killing some of the planet’s most vital ecosystems, from California’s towering redwoods to the ...

As climate change outpaces the ability of ecosystems to adapt, scientists are turning to conservation genomics to guide restoration.

Today, biologists taking a closer look at the animals located inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ), which is about the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: An oft-touted fact by climate change skeptics is that Earth regularly (at least, geologically speaking) experiences peaks and valleys when it comes ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: All current life on Earth is the result of billions of years of slow, laborious, and endlessly fascinating evolution (if you include our time spent ...

When you learned about the history of human evolution in school, there's a good chance you were shown one all-too-familiar image. That picture probably showed a conga line of human-like creatures, ...

Why do some species live for only weeks while others survive for centuries? Researchers at the Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in Jena have developed AEGIS, a freely ...