Researchers have devised a new tool for discerning between naturally occurring viral outbreaks and those resulting from lab ...

Common names for animals are often easier to remember than their Latin names, but they can often lead to confusion. Here are ...

Indigenous people in Papua, Indonesia, have helped scientists track down two animals that were thought to have gone extinct thousands of years ago: a relative of Australia’s greater glider and a ...

Scientists are one step closer to understanding the origins of complex life on Earth after shedding new light on a mystery ...