The Hadejia Wetlands National Park in northwestern Nigeria is a vital ecological treasure, designated as both a globally ...

On World Zoonoses Day, the message is clear: the health of humans, animals, and the planet is woven together. By respecting ...

In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...

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So much science starts with deciphering a genome, the blueprint for every being on Earth. With such roadmaps in hand, ...

A new species of gecko, believed to be present only around Coonoor, has been discovered in the Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu.

Naming discussions aside, a very exciting discovery remains: a kind of human we once only knew from a pinky bone dug up from ...

Human infants receive up to 400 times more direct vocal communication than baby bonobos and nearly 70 times more than baby ...

Within three months, a shipment of small branches arrived in California. The branches carried not only cottony cushion scale, ...

New research suggests that the unique way human placentas produce sex hormones during pregnancy may have been a key driver ...

The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now, two papers argue a skull uncovered in China belongs ...

PFAS have been linked with a range of health issues including decreased fertility, developmental delays in children, and a ...