A new study of wild bats reveals that an animal's immune system is shaped by more than its need to fight infections. Researchers from the University of Maryland have found that sex, age and ...

The attack on a school in southeastern Iran that killed mostly children was the deadliest reported strike in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.

Males of the species Drosophila melanogaster pack thousands of almost two-millimeter-long sperm cells into significantly smaller storage organs. A new study reveals how they move in an orderly manner ...

From chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.

For anyone wanting to see or experience the sites and vestiges of Miami’s ancient inhabitants, the people known as Tequesta ...

A mosquito (Culex nigripalpus) feeds on nectar from mango flower in Florida, the US. Mosquitoes are better known to spread ...

Starting one's sex life and having children at a young age can run in the family. But can pregnancy have beneficial health ...

The greater one-horned rhinoceros was once wiped out from Assam’s Manas National Park (MNP), marking a major conservation ...

A new protein analysis of Homo naledi skeletons reveals a curious twist—none of them seem to have Y chromosomes.

South Korean civic groups urged the government to withdraw its two-state approach, arguing it could institutionalize ...

Researchers say that the fossilized bones of "Homo naledi," so far found exclusively underground in South Africa, lack a key ...