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Two strains of monkeypox have been detected in the US, suggesting the virus has been circulating in the country for some time, the CDC says.

An analysis of skull and vertebrae fossils suggests that an early relative of giraffes butted heads to compete for mates, which may reveal why modern giraffes are so throaty.

A large coalition of colleges and universities aims to change hiring, promotion, and tenure practices to reward collaboration.

Microbes in the gut influence the death of support cells in the brain by producing isoamylamine, a study suggests.

An ear made from the person’s own cells was surgically attached in March, the company behind the technology says.

With the Russian army nearby, faculty at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University in Ukraine are trying to return to normal.

Off the western Australian coast, in Shark Bay, a field of seagrass big enough to cover Washington, DC, has flourished for more than four millennia, a new study finds.

With a global alarm ringing because of an unprecedented outbreak of monkeypox, we should also consider a different but closely related viral threat.

The results could help guide the design of new vaccines for the disease.

As we continue to transition out of the print era of scientific publishing, funders and institutions are paying a steep price to have trustworthy publishers certify research outcomes.

Many species of birds and other vertebrates form pair bonds and mate with just one other individual for much of their lives. But the unions don’t always work out. Scientists want to know the underlying factors.

The discovery that a group of cell-infecting bacteria lived roughly 2 billion years ago stirs a longstanding controversy around which came first: phagocytosis or mitochondria.