Scientists discover that hidden mechanical rules in tissues help shape animal bodies, explaining why corals and jellyfish ...

Animals come in an extraordinary range of body shapes. A starfish looks nothing like an earthworm, a mouse, or a human. Yet ...

The axolotl is one of the strangest animals on Earth. This aquatic salamander can regenerate limbs, repair damaged tissue, and heal without leaving scars. Scientists study the axolotl closely because ...

One of oncology's biggest challenges is that the same treatment can work well for some patients but fail completely in others ...

HLF-positive B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) sits among the most aggressive blood cancers seen in children. The ...

The Iñupiat people of Alaska have long said that bowhead whales live two human lifetimes. That oral knowledge turned out to ...

The combination of a beaver-like body and duck-like bill of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is only the first of a ...

A study using volume electron microscopy of comb jellies has discovered their nervous system is more complex than we thought.

A new study reveals the brain circuit behind parental care also controls helping behavior, offering clues about the roots of compassion.

HLF-positive B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) sits among the most aggressive blood cancers seen in ...

The golden retriever called Captain's "favorite time of the day" has delighted thousands of users on social media.

It has long been known as the arbiter of reward in the brain, but recent findings could upend this classic theory of dopamine ...