This video examines animals that retain dangerous instincts despite being kept in domestic settings. Even when raised by humans, these species can react unpredictably and cause serious harm. Several ...

Any evolutionary biologist will tell you that humans are social creatures, with brains wired for touch, intimacy, and love. As small societies developed under conditions of food scarcity, prosocial ...

Every multicellular organism, from tiny worms to humans, elephants, and whales, needs a way for their cells to connect with each other to form tissues, organs, and organize their overall body plan.

Bdelloid rotifers shrug off radiation doses that would obliterate human cells. Here’s how their resilience reveals deep insights into the limits of biological endurance.

A mega-study of 117 mammal species reveals that limiting reproduction increases life expectancy by up to 10 percent.

Men have nipples, mammary glands and the hormones required, but the ability for male lactation rarely turns on. Here’s why ...

Hair may grow in a completely different way than scientists once believed. Instead of being pushed out from the root, new ...

In Michigan Tech's biology teaching lab, undergraduate students research potential cancer cures with help from the humble worm.

Asian elephant calf Linh Mai will make her public debut at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute this Earth Day, April 22. She was born Feb. 2 to mother Nhi Linh and father ...

Microglia (immune cells) and the RANK protein are essential for triggering puberty and maintaining fertility in the brain.

A recent study published in the American Journal of Human Biology suggests that a genetic preference for immediate rewards is linked to less education and earlier parenthood. This provides evidence ...

Geroscience examines the underlying biology of aging to delay chronic diseases and extend the healthy years of human life.