Plants that become invasive may owe their success to an advantage shaped long before they arrive, according to new research ...

A comparative study of laughter across humans and other great apes found that its regular rhythmic structure may date back ...

Measles elimination status in the United States is over in practice, CIDRAP infectious disease experts declared June 24, ...

Western researcher Patrick O’Donoghue advances Huntington’s disease research with tRNA-based strategies to suppress toxic proteins and improve treatments.

Research identifies specific gut microbes associated with future type 2 diabetes risk, emphasizing the impact of dietary ...

For decades, one puzzle stood out among the many mysteries of early animal evolution: the missing origin story of bryozoans.

Summary: A new study has completely revived and expanded this lost chapter of human evolution. Leveraging modern molecular genetic dating and advanced phylogenetic statistical modeling, researchers ...

Seven species of tiny, plant-feeding insects that had never been recorded by science were hiding in the highland forests of ...

A newly described sauropod dinosaur from Thailand stretched an estimated 27 meters long and carried a body mass of roughly 27 tonnes, the equivalent of about five adult African elephants. Named ...

Emergency support will help countries prepare for a new foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype and reduce the risks to smallholders, livelihoods, agriculture and trade across Asia and the Pacific.

Summary: Empathy, the profound ability to share and understand the internal emotional states of others, is frequently championed as the ultimate psychological glue that holds human society together, ...