Almost 190 years on, in the place where Charles Darwin first spotted a platypus, the egg-laying mammal seems to have disappeared.

Evolution is the underlying assumption of biology; nothing in the field makes sense without it. It should trouble us that so ...

We have an HHS Secretary in Robert F. Kennedy Jr. whose dissemination of misinformation about vaccines in the form of books, commentaries and public announcements is now too voluminous to quantify.

NH copy 39088015198849 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift from Margery Masinter Foundation Endowment for Illustrated Books. ""This attractive and readable book makes a valuable ...

The republic’s Christian founders made it clear that no faith should have a privileged position in America and that religion ...

Scientists are hoping to use genetic engineering to reduce the transmission of Lyme disease. The scientists' target is not the deer or the ticks often associated with the disease; it's wild mice.

Brood parasites lay eggs in other species’ nests, forcing the host to raise their offspring. The cost to host species is high ...

The Coral Triangle is an extremely biodiverse patch of ocean around the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. Its relatively ...

In a groundbreaking study, researchers found that cognitive capabilities become more well-rounded in midlife, instead of ...

Over 150 years ago, naturalist Charles Darwin suggested the use of these instinctive sounds in a new context could be an important step in the development of language-like communication. In our new ...

Professor Matthew Bell, Professor of German and Comparative Literature in the Department of Languages, Literatures and ...