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

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, ...

Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark and Odense University Hospital have discovered a previously undescribed virus in a common gut bacterium. The virus appears more frequently in ...

In this living zebrafish larva, the lymphatic vessels are fluorescently labelled red, while blood vessels are green, allowing ...