On remote islands of Papua New Guinea, people carry a story that ties us all back to our deepest roots. Although their striking appearance once puzzled scientists, new genetic evidence shows they ...

The Origins Of Homo Sapiens With Professor Chris Stringer' From where did humans originate? What did the earliest humans look ...

Populations live in rapidly changing environments—droughts come and go, food sources change, human activities reshape habitats. For scientists, this raises a fundamental puzzle: How do populations ...

A planetary perspective on the relationship between life and energy, and the emergence of a life form whose influence extends ...

When you picture a shark, you probably think of a large, powerful predator cruising the open ocean. Species such as the great ...

When the next pandemic threat looms, help may come from an unexpected source: wild animals. In a new study led by Prof. Ran ...

Standing since the Chester A. Arthur administration, the historic Red Bridge in Liverpool, Pennsylvania offers visitors a crimson-colored portal to the past that feels almost magical in its simplicity ...

This one-square-mile borough (pronounced kon-shuh-HOK-en and nicknamed “Conshy” by those in the know) sits just 15 miles northwest of Philadelphia, offering a lifestyle that feels increasingly rare in ...

F lying foxes are some of the largest bats in the world. With a body the size of a cat and a wingspan that would make an ...

The world’s largest space telescope, comprising thousands of antennae in the southern hemisphere, will generate massive amounts of data — some of which will be processed in Canada.

President Donald Trump’s executive order demanding the removal of content that "disparages Americans" has thrown the National ...

The study will interest researchers studying genome organisation in mitosis. Genomes assume a complex 3D architecture in the interphase cell nucleus. Yet, the molecular mechanisms that determine ...