Promoting women's ownership in wineries can boost sales among the largest group of U.S. wine consumers, who happen to be ...

Animals of the same species don't always look the same. From birds with different beak shapes to mammals that vary in size or ...

When ancient DNA studies began to gain attention, little more than a decade ago, the view took hold among geneticists that everything we thought we knew about the peopling of Europe by modern humans ...

In this age of Mars rovers, questions about the planet's ancient past have shifted. A growing body of evidence supports the idea that Mars was once warm and wet. Now researchers are focused on the ...

During hibernation, brown bears spend up to six months lying almost completely still, without eating, drinking or exercising.

How much will heat, flooding, drought and storms increase as a result of human-induced climate change? In a groundbreaking ...

New geological data indicate that marine life is somewhat resilient to warming in the tropics. Chris Fokkema, Earth scientist at Utrecht University, discovered that tropical algae were largely ...

What do you envision when you think of meekness? You probably see a mousy doormat, someone sheepishly acquiescing to the will of the stronger. When Jesus says, "Blessed are the meek, for they shall ...

Research on preventing type 1 diabetes often focuses on limiting the autoimmune response that destroys the body's ability to ...

A smooth, white stone dating from the Roman era and unearthed in the Netherlands has long baffled researchers.

Artificial intelligence is rapidly making intellectual work and social interaction easier, but that ease may come at a substantial psychological cost, according to researchers from the University of ...

The extreme weather events and resulting destruction that have hit New Zealand this summer are not only signs of a changing ...