A cutting-edge technique for analyzing fossil tooth enamel is revealing remarkable new information about 2 million-year-old human relatives.

A landmark global modeling study reveals that more than 2.8 billion people in 104 countries are at risk of chikungunya, with ...

Unlike other primates, humans are exposed to high levels of placental sex hormones in the womb, which may have shaped our ...

From depressed polar bears to charismatic pandas, conservationists have used anthropomorphism, or the practice of attributing ...

The gut microbiome and the metabolites it produces offer promising insight into disease severity in critically ill patients.

Small bands of Homo sapiens made a few failed forays leaving our home continent before the species finally managed to launch ...

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra. This ...

Curiously uniform dimples on the teeth of ancient hominins may give scientists a new way to trace their origins and ...

As Catron County, New Mexico, declares a state of emergency over the presence of Mexican gray wolves, calling for military ...

These human ancestors would have had plenty to take advantage of near these ancient rivers. Trees bore fruit all year, and the ancient hominins would have been able to gather edible plants in ...

Prenatal exposure to trace elements like selenium, copper, and arsenic can significantly alter the infant gut microbiome, metabolism, and antibiotic resistance gene patterns. These changes appear as ...

I am on Rep. Crane’s newsletter mailing list and have often been confused by the positions he has taken, but his decision to ...