The University of Massachusetts Amherst is supplying local hospitals and the state with key ingredients needed for COVID-19 testing.

Male lemurs secrete aldehydes from their wrist glands that may make them more attractive to females during the breeding season.

Nimodipine, a drug used to treat brain hemorrhages, alleviates spasticity in mice after spinal cord injuries.

Most small amphibious mammals have a diminished sense of smell, a quality that likely arose because of a tradeoff with thermoregulation capacities that allowed them to conserve heat in aquatic environments.

The films coating buckeye butterflies’ wing scales vary in thickness, creating a broad spectrum of iridescent colors.  

Researchers discover a fragment of cord between 41,000 and 52,000 years old that points to Neanderthals’ complex cognitive abilities.

A new study finds that the extinct European cave bear’s large sinuses represent a tradeoff between hibernation length and the flexibility of their diets.

An inflatable biosafety laboratory may help meet the global need for testing infrastructure during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Scans of eight fossilized adult and infant Australopithecus afarensis skulls reveal a prolonged period of brain growth during development that may have set the stage for extended childhood learning in later hominins.