Hundreds of rare giant land snails held in captivity in New Zealand froze to death after the temperature probes in their containers failed.
Hundreds of rare giant land snails held in captivity in New Zealand froze to death after the temperature probes in their containers failed.
Scientists track changes in bacterial genomes during a hospital outbreak to discover potential pathogenesis genes.
A video of thousands of birds flying as a single coordinated, amorphous group stirs up questions about how they do it.
Are pharmaceuticals in the environment affecting human health?
Women of the French families that colonized Canada in the 17th and 18th centuries had more children and grandchildren than late comers to the region.
A fossilized jaw bone and teeth from Western Europe are recognized as the oldest modern human fossils recovered in the region.
Wasps inject their larvae into ladybug abdomens, where they feast on the bugs’ insides.
Bacteria age, but as a lineage, can live forever.
Scientists have made a definitive link between a recently-discovered fungus and a lethal disease wiping out bat populations in eastern North America.
A study shows that different populations of the Southeast Asian ape display and transmit specific behaviors through generations in a way similar to human cultures.