Beneath the white gypsum dunes of New Mexico, scientists have uncovered something remarkable—trails of footprints that ...

By Gianluca Serra The northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita) is an extravagant waterbird adapted to forage in dry, open ...

Five years after COVID-19 reached pandemic status, public health experts reflect on what we learned—and how those lessons can ...

One of the top three US leaders of the violent MS-13 gang was arrested by law enforcement agencies in Virginia on Thursday, ...

Early human migration timeline into South America has stirred debate. Researchers have long argued about when these first ...

Using CRISPR-based engineering methods to prompt stem cells to organize into embryo-like structures, scientists were able to create 'programmable' cellular models of embryos without ever experimenting ...

Scientists have found a way to study early embryonic development without real embryos. Using CRISPR, they programmed stem cells to self-organize into structures mimicking early embryos. The cells show ...

COVID-19, scientists are watching another virus warily: H5N1. It’s been circulating widely in the U.S. — and now, wild birds ...

“Through this collective behavior and migration they can form these fascinating embryonic patterns ... This research could ...

A team from the University of Cambridge has found that modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations.

Fossils are like time capsules, offering us a rare chance to glimpse the distant past. Over the years, a number of ancient human fossils have been discovered, helping scientists piece together the ...

The discovery is particularly important as it places the arrival of the first populations in Europe before the 'Homo ...