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New research suggests the Mesoamerican civilization was responsible for first cultivating the hermaphrodite version of the plant favored by growers
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The immaculate waters around the storied Pitcairn Islands are to be protected from illegal fishing and mining efforts
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An experimental setup shows that chimps will travel farther to get a more preferred reward
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Put down the remote—new research links cooking shows, higher BMI
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A tiny creature makes shrimp more likely to eat their own
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Scientists studying how beetles steer themselves in flight gather research that may have implications far beyond understanding bug biology
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Over 2,000 birds have been felled by fast-moving avian cholera
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A newly published scientific review attempts to “get to the bottom” of how animals acquired what some might call the most indecent part of the body
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An Invader mosaic has found its way to space
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Debate over when the Anthropocene began is starting to narrow in on a few dates — 1610, when the Old World met the New, is one promising candidate
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Researchers in the Brazilian rainforest describe a previously undocumented species of titi monkey whose habitat faces man-made threats
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Grains of silica from Saturn’s magnetosphere likely came from Enceladus and may mean the moon has hydrothermal vents
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One of the earliest arthropods was giant, weird-looking—and played a big role in the course of evolutionary history
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Not a bad re-entry after months on the International Space Station
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Apes don’t have this problem — if they know the answer to a puzzle, they’ll do it, regardless of what their friends might think
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A major Australian study debunks homeopathy—again
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New data analysis suggests that the Milky Way may be 50-percent larger than previously believed
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Newly uncovered “sugar papers” reveal that the sugar lobby played a major role in 1970s dental public health policies
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Chameleons' secret involves tiny crystals under their skin
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Sidewalk rage, road rage and anger at slow-loading web pages are all part of our evolutionary inheritance
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