Throughout history, humans have created myths and legends to make sense of the world around them. Most of the time, that’s ...

Throughout history, people have come up with myths and legends to explain the world around them. Most stay exactly that: ...

During his Friday conference call with reporters, Birmingham Stallions coach AJ McCarron referred to “rat poison,” a phrase, when uttered in a football setting, is associated with his former Alabama ...

They aren’t exactly glamorous, but naked mole rats have genes that could mean feeling younger and living longer.

Wildlife populations that become small and isolated, often due to habitat loss, inevitably experience inbreeding which can ...

Koalas suffered a massive population decline that left them with dangerously low genetic diversity. However, new genomic research suggests their rapid rebound may be helping reverse some of that ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — A Q-tip, a tissue and a pizza crust. To investigators, this seemingly innocuous trash was DNA-laden treasure, helping crack the cases of the University of Idaho murders, the Golden ...

If you follow media coverage of koalas, you could be forgiven for feeling confused. Recent stories describe a “koala paradox”: endangered in the north of Australia, abundant in the south; genetically ...

Pet owners often pick "designer dogs" because they think they’ll be easier to train and friendlier with kids than purebreds. A new study suggests that's not always the case ...

Kodiak Greenwood parked his truck on the edge of a dirt road in Big Sur and silently jumped out. Where are we going? I thought to myself. Maybe the cliffside mansion in front of us? I followed him in ...

Scientists continue to uncover surprising evolutionary links between living animals and species that disappeared long ago. The video highlights three modern creatures that share unusually close ...