A new study by plant biologists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, challenges a longstanding idea that stems from ...

In ‘A Voice in the Wilderness,’ Joseph L. Graves Jr. discusses his scientific journey, how he debates racists, and more.

Every human voice is acoustically unique. The anatomy and evolutionary history behind that fact turns out to be one of biology’s better surprises.

Science dismissed the wrinkly finger as osmosis for a century. The real answer runs through your autonomic nervous system, ...

A new Yale study identifies a distinct species of eyeless cavefish, a discovery that challenges long-held conventional wisdom ...

We humans have long viewed ourselves as the pinnacle of evolution. People label other species as “primitive” or “ancient” and use terms like “higher” and “lower” animals. This anthropocentric ...

Macrophages have some startling similarities to amoebae. (RUSLANAS BARANAUSKAS/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) You ...

New research from CU Boulder finds that temperature differences between ponds can influence the severity of chytridiomycosis, a deadly fungal disease linked to global amphibian declines. After ...

The problem of how life evolved on Earth has intrigued the minds of many great scientists for centuries. Now, according to an ...