The human-made cells show many hallmarks of life, but they can't make all their necessary internal structures or divide for ...

As we head into summer, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is asking residents to track turkeys across the state.

Starting one's sex life and having children at a young age can run in the family. But can pregnancy have beneficial health ...

Mosquitoes are more active at dusk and at dawn, when the sun is rising or setting. Avoiding these times will help you avoid ...

Base editing, the process used to make the changes, only nicks one strand of DNA, avoiding the major DNA errors that made ...

A study of chimps, gorillas and other great apes, including human children, sheds light on how laughter has evolved.

The invasive tick species can reproduce without mating, allowing for rapid population growth. Local agricultural officials have described this year as being unusually bad for tick infestations. Asian ...

Frogs that hatch during the cooler months of December through April are exposed to fewer infected frogs, but those they do encounter have more of the deadly fungus in their skin. Cooler temperatures ...

A fossil discovered on England's Isle of Wight contains preserved embryos and larvae, suggesting freshwater shellfish were ...

At first glance, bat sea stars, the nubbly, orange, many-footed creatures often found on the seafloor, seem about as far from humans as one can get. Appearances can be deceiving, however. Scientists ...

More than 300 miles off Mexico’s Pacific coast, a giant oceanic manta ray—its wingspan stretching around 15 feet across—glides past Madalena Cabral. She stays calm, and waits for the animal to see her ...