The finding overturns the idea that the insect’s first victims were bats and reveals that certain species started targeting humans as a side snack, not as a main meal.

The roots of plants exposed to the hormone β-cyclocitrical grew faster than roots not treated by the hormone.

Fossil records show that the most recent shared ancestor with modern humans may have lived at least 800,000 years ago.

Snails with a gene knocked out by CRISPR grow with their shells coiling in the opposite direction.

A 3-D simulation shows corals growing into a community.

In determining that the illnesses came about from exposure to glyphosate in Roundup, a California jury delivers the biggest loss so far to the herbicide manufacturer in lawsuits about the product.

The silver spinyfin has an extraordinary diversity of rod photopigments, which researchers propose may allow it to see color in the deep, dark sea.

Gulf killifish have made a stunning comeback in Houston with the help of genetic mutations imported from interspecies mating with Atlantic killifish.

The intergovernmental organization reports “accelerating” species extinctions, with 25 percent of animal and plant species evaluated under threat of extinction.