Evolution has fostered many reproductive strategies across the spectrum of life. From dandelions to giraffes, nature finds a ...

Long-necked sauropods ruled the land during the Jurassic and Cretaceous ages. These plant-eating giants appeared on every ...

A new study has revived a long-standing controversy over the evolution of living beings between the French ...

During the years after the Civil War, America embraced an economic philosophy called laissez-faire, celebrating the notion ...

Across the icy edges of Earth’s northern and southern reaches, life has adapted to thrive in some of the harshest conditions.

Animals can cause devastating damage too. Wild boars, for example, destroy crops, cornfields and vineyards, while mosquitoes ...

Many plants smell "good" — to humans that is — but some go several steps in the other direction, presenting themselves to the ...

Osteoarthritis does not arise from wear and tear, that’s a persistent misconception. So what causes this condition, which ...

Paris, France—From river-clogging plants to disease-carrying insects, the direct economic cost of invasive species worldwide ...

From river-clogging plants to disease-carrying insects, the direct economic cost of invasive species worldwide has averaged ...

Breakthrough study reveals how woolly mammoths and Arctic animals evolved their cold-weather superpowers over 3 million years ...

Cold-adapted animals started to evolve 2.6 million years ago when the permanent ice at the poles became more prevalent. There followed a time when the continental ice sheets expanded and contracted ...