New research challenges the long-standing idea that most fixed genetic mutations are neutral. For many years, scientists studying evolution have believed that most genetic changes influencing how ...

An international team of marine scientists has identified and assessed major threats to marine megafauna, which are needed to ...

Israel Institute of Technology Faculty of Biology have identified a unique mechanism involved in the aging of the immune ...

The United States is the main market for “ornamental” marine fish, those that end up as pets in aquariums. Now, a new study ...

Yi Du and colleagues from the Chinese Academy of Sciences published an article in the open access journal PLOS Biology ...

A new study led by the University of Oxford has found evidence that kissing evolved in the common ancestor of humans and ...

The unexpected link between extreme age and declining cancer risk, backed by a new study published by Stanford University, ...

Unexpected deposits of bacteria have been found inside brain tumors, apparently affecting how the cancers grow and behave, a ...

Humans blink a lot. The rate varies by person, but your eyelids flutter 900 to1,200 per hour. That adds up to as many as ...

About 400 years ago, a cross between cabernet franc and sauvignon blanc gave birth to cabernet sauvignon. Today, cabernet sauvignon is the world's most-planted wine grape, dominating vineyards from ...

Kissing is something of a mystery, being "only documented in 46 percent of human cultures," noted psychologist Catherine ...

A new study by researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology has revealed that endangered Hawaiian monk seals possess a hidden vocal repertoire, using a ...