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Fish stuck to coastal habitats for nearly 100 million years after they first appeared.

Using wild mice housed in laboratory conditions, researchers find that gut bacteria compositions change little from one generation to the next.

Tens of thousands of hogs are being slaughtered to stop its spread.

The pelvic bones of women have been shaped more by random evolution than by natural selection, a new study finds.

The increased risk is slight, but aligns with a longstanding hypothesis that having more cells in one’s body leads to more chances for those cells to become cancerous.

Nearly three dozen Nobel laureates and Fields Medal winners sign a letter to the UK Prime Minister and the President of the European Commission.

After a surge of political enthusiasm among the scientific community since 2016, only a small fraction of candidates with science and engineering backgrounds made it through primary elections this year.  

In local races across the country, researchers are running on platforms of bringing more evidence-based decision-making into state governments.

The government wants to limit a person’s sex to male or female as determined by genitalia at birth and genetics. It’s not so simple, say scientists.

Checkpoint inhibition combined with chemotherapy gives patients with triple-negative metastatic breast cancer about two months more time without significant tumor growth, a study finds.

The FTC, in its first crack down on the industry, gets two California companies selling unproven treatments to stop their false advertising and pay a fine.

Diseases threaten the pride’s existence and wildlife experts recommend relocating some lions to a sanctuary, but Gujarat state has refused.