Study warns that humans may be driving Earth toward a sixth mass extinction. The research shows species loss, but the future ...

Across a Swiss meadow and into its forested edges, the drone dragged a jumbo-size cotton swab from a 13-foot tether. Along ...

A groundbreaking discovery in Antarctica has left scientists both amazed and baffled: the oldest human remains ever found. This find not only deepens our knowledge of early human migration but also ...

Smithsonian biologists are using heart monitors designed for humans to study how high stress levels in animals can hinder ...

EDITORIAL: A recommitment to the foundational moral and ethical principle that all life is sacred, at every stage, is needed. “The organ procurement organizations that coordinate access to transplants ...

Biological science has made such astonishing leaps in the last few decades, such as precise gene editing, that scientists are now tackling the next logical — yet inherently controversial — step: ...

Edward O. Wilson is simultaneously one of my intellectual heroes and someone who frustrates me enormously, and these conflicting feelings were once again stirred as I read his most recent book, The ...