Islands are biodiversity hotspots. They only make up 5 percent of the world’s land mass, but they are home to 20 percent of ...

A 26-year study at the Arid Recovery Reserve reveals how removing invasive predators like cats and foxes triggers a dramatic ...

A University of Portsmouth student has discovered a new species of prehistoric mammal dating back 145 million years to the ...

In the Andes Mountains of northern Peru, a long-tailed mammal with a “facial mask” moved through the undergrowth. Suddenly, the ground dropped out underneath its hairy paws, and it fell into a ...

An experiment in lab mice found that certain human gut bacteria can absorb PFAS, commonly called "forever chemicals," until ...

Study in mice suggests potential for probiotic treatment. Although previous research has linked pesticide exposure to harmful effects on gut microbes, a new study is the first to chart how specific ...

We were trying to learn how certain animals lost their regeneration capacity during evolution and then put back the ...

Some mammals are capable of hibernating during periods of low food availability in an effort to conserve energy and survive.

The first mice to be created from two fathers, a phenomenon known as androgenesis, have now produced healthy offspring for ...

The findings of a new study "clearly show that interfering with the environment has a detectable effect on wildlife," a ...

The human brain is made up of billions of nerve cells (neurons) that communicate with each other in vast, interconnected ...