The World Health Organization now recommends that people who visit areas with Zika virus transmission abstain from or have only protected sex for eight weeks.

Suzanne Corkin, who studied the famous patient “H.M.,” has passed away at 79.

Tiny hairs may enable the insects to detect floral electric fields, according to a study.

Exposing male rats to nonionizing radiation increased the animals’ risk of brain and heart tumors in a study, but the findings are far from conclusive.

A study reveals why some male fruit flies produce sex cells that are 20 times the length of their bodies.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals takes over from Intel as the sponsor of the Science Talent Search.

Overall brain metabolic rate can distinguish between pathological states of human consciousness, a study shows.

Caltech’s Frances Arnold is honored for her work on directed evolution.

A look at State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry scientists’ picks

A top-10 list compiled by a committee of taxonomists includes a new hominin species and a beetle named after a children’s book character.

Researchers are beginning to pinpoint the mechanisms by which emotions can be “spread” among people.

The viral strain circulating in Brazil is found in the Cape Verde islands.