A new anatomical view of the mesentery, which surrounds the lower abdomen, suggests that it should be considered the human body’s 79th organ.

Children born to obese parents are at increased risk of failing motor development and cognitive tests, according to an NIH-led study.

Balto, Togo, and other huskies famously delivered life-saving serum to a remote Alaskan town in 1925—but newspapers didn’t tell the whole story. 

Vaccine-induced macrophages open a new realm of study into remodeling the immune system to reduce the risk of infections during cancer treatment.

Plants grown in dry soil produce offspring that are hardier in drought conditions, and DNA methylation appears responsible. 

Meet some of the people featured in the January 2017 issue of The Scientist.

The Asian honeybee should have been crippled by low genetic diversity, but thanks to natural selection it thrived.

Pregnant women who took a fish oil supplement during pregnancy were less likely to have children with asthma.

Audio recordings of bats hashing out disputes reveals that their calls are laden with information about identity and intent.

The oligonucleotide therapeutic will soon be available in the U.S.

World Health Organization confirms further development of the first Ebola vaccine.

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research