The Queen gets to tell everyone what to do, and she chooses a few males to breed with, we believe,” says Kerns. “However, she can have one of the largest litters of any mammals, over 30 babies at a ...

A baby Asian elephant was born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute for the first time in ...

A study reveals that sticklebacks with complete bony plates have survival rates several percentage points higher than those with reduced plates, indicating ongoing natural selection. Moreover, the ...

A new international study reveals the unexpected importance of acoustic communication in the evolution of boxfishes. This ...

A new study from Caltech explores the remarkable way a SoCal beetle infiltrates the colonies of the ant that runs the show in the Angeles National Forest — and what it can tell us about interdependent ...

The traditional explanation of the initial genetic code in life seems less established when ancient proteins seem to be ...

Blue animals are far rarer than other colorful species, and the reason lies in biology rather than chance. Unlike reds or yellows, blue coloration is difficult to produce using pigments found in ...

A 400-million-year-old fossil has just been uncovered, revealing surprising new insights that could completely reshape our ...

As community members continue on a path toward recovery, a campus-wide memorial service honored the lives of Ella Cook and ...

Shared meanings create institutions with real power. They also enable us to construct personal narratives that give our lives ...

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Sarbajit Mukherjee, MD, gastrointestinal (GI) medical oncologist at Baptist Health ...