Denisovans were a type of ancient human that for a long time were known only from their DNA and teeth. But recent fossil findings and analysis is now revealing what these people looked like and that ...

If you like young-adult series with lots of music and some pretty generic characters, this Argentinian drama may be for you.

The FDA has released draft guidance that aims to clear up how drug developers can use alternative testing – but that doesn’t mean animal testing in the US is over.

Discover how CRISPR genome editing is revolutionizing medicine. Learn the science of Cas9, current clinical trials, and the future of gene editing.

Photograph of three male zebra finches (Taeniopygia castanotis), whose mating calls were used as part of the study. Credit: Raina Fan. The bright colors of butterfly wings, the sweet aromas of flowers ...

Scientists have mapped the genetics of cancer in cats for the first time at scale, uncovering major overlaps with human ...

Denisovans were first identified from DNA extracted from a finger bone discovered in Denisova Cave in Siberia, revealing a distinct human group closely related to Neanderthals. Later finds, including ...

Pets play an important role in many people’s lives. In the UK, six out of ten households have at least one pet, dogs being our most common companions (assuming we don’t count fish individually). But ...

Julia B. Linares-Roake explores how people navigate the muddiness of living with dogs from their point of view as we over-control how they play and express their "dogness." ...

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

For nearly two centuries, a small brown frog living in Southeast Asian rainforests was considered a single, well-understood ...

Scientists in Italy captured a red fox entering a den as part of a project to understand wolf population dynamics in the country.