When colleagues and I found microplastics in hedgehog droppings, we wanted to know where they were coming from.

While we may not realize it, there are many chemical biomarkers swimming around in our bodies predicting the story of how our ...

There's a fair chance you've not heard of the risks of the Toxoplasma gondii parasite – and a lack of awareness around it is ...

A churning pool of water has opened up in Yellowstone National Park – just two days after scientists were walking around on ...

For decades, our picture of Mars was of a dead desert world. Its magnetic field exists only in sparse patches. Its lakes and ...

We may not have a definitive cure for cancer yet, but thanks to research, we have an expanding list of risk factors, ...

We have all heard it: "It's just in your head." When work deadlines pile up, financial worries linger or an unexpected public ...

For something that affects millions every month, period pain remains surprisingly poorly treated. A recent analysis of supermarket transaction data from over three million shoppers found that ...

Humans and great apes have been giggling in similar ways since branching off the evolutionary tree, a new study suggests.

The first moments of life are a delicate yet busy time, when one cell becomes two, then four, and a flurry of genetic cues ...

France on Wednesday announced the first confirmed case of Ebola identified on its territory, a doctor who had flown back from ...

Genetic deterioration may not have been the major cause of Neanderthal extinction, new evidence suggests. In fact, new ...