Researchers recorded a porpoise becoming trapped in a fishing net, capturing sounds that could help scientists develop safer ...

A newly traced brain circuit compares what you see now with what you saw moments ago, helping shape whether you stick with a ...

Human-caused warming needs about 30 years of records to rise above natural swings, and seven climate models get the wait ...

Indonesia’s peatlands are drying out as El Niño strengthens, allowing fires to smolder underground and produce enormous amounts of hazardous smoke.

Personality genetics held up in a test that deflates the genetic signal behind school success, and no single variant does ...

A new Idaho spider species got a distinctly local name: Hexura vandal, after the University of Idaho’s Vandal mascot.

A billion-year-old calcium signaling system in cyanobacteria reveals surprisingly ancient roots of cell-to-cell communication ...

A new mathematical model suggests memory becomes worthwhile only when organisms have enough energy and face the right level ...

Scientists long believed tardigrades survived lethal radiation by masterfully rebuilding their destroyed DNA, but new ...

Aerobic exercise may improve executive thinking skills after menopause, especially planning, focus, and switching between everyday tasks.

Plastic bottles could become food as engineered yeast turns their carbon into protein, vanilla flavoring, and vitamin-rich ...

Male mice drank more alcohol after isolation altered a brain pathway involved in emotion, decision-making, and reward.