Limiting food intake leads to the conversion of white fat cells into more metabolically active brown fat cells through an immune response, a mouse study shows.

Applying a mechanical force that pulls on a cell stretches chromatin, facilitating transcription, scientists show.

Donald Henderson, who led the World Health Organization’s fight against the disease in the 1960s and ’70s, has passed away at age 87.

Three therapeutic doses administered during early life disturb the animals’ microbiomes and lead to enduring changes in the immune systems of non-obese diabetic mice, researchers report.

Zebra finches sing a special song that appears to help their offspring better adapt to a hotter climate, according to a study.

Scientists have identified a virus that may be responsible for avian keratin disorder.

Overlooked for half a century, a skull in the Smithsonian collection points to a dolphin species that lived 25 million years ago, according to a study.

Louis Herman, who made seminal discoveries on dolphin cognition, has passed away at age 86.

Greenland sharks can live an estimated 400 years, beating the previous vertebrate longevity record, scientists report.

Researchers report the first evidence that nearby vessels may impair the cetaceans’ foraging abilities.

Increases in oceanic populations of these bacteria—both pathogenic and not—is an effect of climate change, scientists show.

Activating serotonin receptors halts a binge-like eating behavior in mice, researchers report.