A sperm whale that beached itself on a popular South Carolina resort island was euthanized late Sunday after veterinarians ...

The number of species does not increase evenly when going from local ecosystems to continental scales -- a phenomenon ecologists have recognized for decades. Now, an international team of scientists ...

During high school, Caldwell spent his summers in Eastern Montana, “digging up dinosaurs” and volunteering for the Carter ...

Being raised in an urban area, I particularly appreciate the beauty of simple nature. I consider myself blessed because I can ...

Exeter scientists are among those who have discovered many animals learn and pass on behaviors through social learning or ...

Research at the University of Connecticut is endangered as federal funding freezes threaten the education of the next generation of researchers, a computational biology professor at UConn said.

The very first cells obtained their energy from geochemical reactions. LMU researchers have now managed to recreate this ...

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