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 ...

At least a dozen animals have been found with the flesh-eating maggots. It could take more than a year to eradicate the ...

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

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

The enormous deep-sea cousins of your garden’s pill bugs can go five years without food. A gene they pilfered from bacteria ...

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

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

Researchers were unsure whether alpha particles would aid or hinder fusion. Simulations suggest they help, by dampening ...