In 1971, scientists were building a case for viruses as a cause of cancer. Fifty years later, cancer-preventing vaccines are ...

Samples collected at daring heights provide evidence for an untested theory of tree drought adaptation, while countering ...

The Smithsonian Natural History Museum’s latest exhibit, “From These Lands,” connects visitors with America’s natural history ...

Walking sharks crawl on their fins across reefs and even out into tide pools. The newfound Dudgeon walking shark brings the ...

Analysis of 3,000 incidents in Canada reveals which animal–human activity combos are especially risky. Of note: Elk and ...

Fake, painted decoys suggest immature coloring acts as a social signal, reducing aggression from territorial nesting gulls.

The organic molecules could come from life or from ordinary chemistry — only samples returned to Earth can settle it.

The High-Luminosity LHC, planned to switch on in 2030, could help physicists unravel mysteries about the Higgs boson, dark ...

A newly-described dinosaur, Jian changmaensis, may have glided through northwestern China about 120 million years ago, ...

New AI models are accelerating the game of cat-and-mouse as cybersecurity experts try to keep ahead of would-be hackers. An ...

Renaissance painter Jan Brueghel the Elder painted a bat eating a bird — 400 years before scientists would document the ...

Reassuring evidence on acetaminophen’s safety in pregnancy keeps growing, with another study that compares siblings with ...