The ancient marine amphibians Erythrobatrachus (foreground) and Aphaneramma (background) swimming along the coast of what is ...

At the confluence of the Fimi and Kasai rivers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, dark water from forest landscapes meets water from the savannahs, colored red by iron oxides.

To what extent are climate hazards such as heat extremes, flooding, drought and storms (icons at left) intensified by anthropogenic climate change? The study answers this question by introducing a new ...

BETHESDA, MD – When you scratch an itch, something tells your brain when to stop. That moment of relief, when scratching ...

Researchers in Australia have developed a flexible nylon-film device that generates electricity from compression and keeps ...

Europe-wide monitoring is designed to track biodiversity change and support nature conservation. The photo shows a beech forest in the Hainich National Park, Thuringia, Germany.

Getting enough sleep may be more important for heart health than many busy professionals realize. A new multicenter study ...

Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, such as autism and Down syndrome, experience substantially higher rates of anxiety and depression than the general population of ...

A traditional Chinese mind-body practice that combines slow, structured movement, deep breathing and meditative focus lowered blood pressure as effectively as brisk walking in a large randomized ...

Cleaner fish interacted with a mirror in their tank in a way that suggests ‘contingency testing’ intelligence, a higher form of smarts typically found in mammals. This finding coupled with faster self ...

Harvard researchers have developed OpenMetabolics, an open-source, smartphone-based activity monitor that uses machine ...

Researchers used a virus-based CRISPR system to precisely edit the gatekeeper enzyme HMGR in petunias and lettuce, ...