Relief may be in sight for kākāpō affected by an extremely painful disease, thanks to a University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu ...

A team led by Rice University bioscientist Caroline Ajo-Franklin has discovered how certain bacteria breathe by generating ...

A senior from Jamaica has earned top honors at a prestigious scientific conference for his work in plant genome research.

A different kind of human cell division could improve our understanding of cancer and help us grow specific tissues ...

By Brett Kelman Adelaide Tovar, a University of Michigan scientist who researches genes related to diabetes, used to feel like an impostor in a laboratory. Tovar, 32, grew up poor and was the first in ...

Analysis of the fossil suggests that the only two egg-laying mammals, platypuses and land-based echidnas, both descended from ...

A new study links fossilized flying reptile tracks to animals that made them. Fossilized footprints reveal a 160-million-year-old invasion as pterosaurs came down from the trees and onto the ground.

Birds fighting for nesting spots show repeated aggression and shared brain gene patterns, suggesting evolution may repeat.

About 66 million years ago, the Tyrannosaurus rex roamed around Earth terrifying nature around it. Now, one of the largest ...

Scientists create models by transplanting human brain cells culled from stem cells into the brains of animals such as mice, ...

BankWest has awarded $628,500 in academic scholarships during the past 32 years. Seventy-seven students applied for this year ...

Animal research on biomusicality, which looks at whether different species are capable of behaving in ways that show they recognize aspects of music, including rhythm and beat, remains a tantalizing ...