Not just a marine issue, new research shows microplastics are also changing agricultural land. Barbara Pinho finds out how ...

The age-old debate of whether the chicken or the egg came first is explored through historical and evolutionary contexts.

Choanoflagellates are not animals, but they are the closest known ... as well as the role bacteria played in early animal ...

Cell membranes from comb jellies reveal a new kind of adaptation to the deep sea: curvy lipids that conform to an ideal shape ...

Why abandon and dense and robust town? For early civilization the answer might lie in city planning — and disease.

This week, marvel at giant tube worms living beneath hot springs on the ocean floor, watch SpaceX catch a rocket booster, ...

Towel animals are synonymous with the cruise experience. Here's everything you need to know about when the tradition started, ...

Study found that half of tropical mammals change their behavior based on moon phases. Some avoid moonlight, while others become more active.

Whether the people of Nebelivka knew it or not, this lower-density, clustered layout could have helped prevent any disease ...

In the Year of the Dragon, scientists have made an exciting discovery: a complete fossil of an aquatic reptile resembling a ...

For Caetano-Anolles, co-evolution from a single common ancestor seems to be the most likely origin of viruses and bacteria.

Ex-One Direction singer Liam Payne died Wednesday after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires. Here's what we know — ...