Tiny plastic particles are making their way into our soils, carrying with them hazardous additives and pollutants.

The bacteria that cause the plague evolved to become less deadly over time, allowing it to continue infecting people in three ...

An eye-opening experiment on cephalopods reinforces why it is so important for us to not underestimate animal intelligence.

Around 43,000 years ago, a Neanderthal dipped their finger in ocher and stamped the very center of a pebble. This one small ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Maya city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and ...

Infectious diseases such as gonorrhea or chlamydia are often overlooked factors that affect fertility in men. Accumulating ...

Next time you can't sleep, it might help to nudge your partner or reach for the nightstand drawer. A new study has confirmed ...

In the first years of the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans were dying at much higher rates than other wealthy nations.

Ever wonder if your cat could pick you out of a line up? New research suggests they could … but maybe not in the way you ...

Scientists are looking at ways to tackle Alzheimer's and dementia from all kinds of angles, and a new study has identified ...

Close to the summit of an underwater mountain west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a jagged landscape of towers rises from the ...

For the first time, scientists have caught a key driver of the ongoing erosion of the atmosphere of Mars in action.