Plants are usually seen as stationary life forms, quietly supporting environments. But plant communities and populations are ...

It wasn’t a musculoskeletal injury, it was a blood clot. It turned out that Culler was a carrier of Factor V Leiden, a ...

Cute but cantankerous, koalas are making a surprising recovery from a genetic bottleneck, with their once most threatened populations now displaying surprising diversity. “It still looks like they’re ...

By combining museum specimens, DNA analysis and historical records, researchers are revealing how these ancient animals once ...

Food safety is important to keep in mind, and it pays to be informed. We asked for some expert advice for which kitchen myths ...

New research reveals how a "leaky" blood-brain barrier connects sports-related head injuries to long-term brain disease like CTE.

Daniel Peretz was the “Golden Boy” of Israeli soccer, a player who had famously stared down German strikers at the U-21 Euros and won.

Crossing American chestnuts with naturally blight-resistant Chinese chestnuts results in hybrids with substantial blight ...

An increase in Joshua Tree visitors has meant bad news for local mountain lions.

Genetic factors may play a role in suicidality, but these factors could not account for the higher incidence of suicide among women.

Although mental disorders have multifactorial causes, genetics can explain some of them, yet this field remains largely unexplored in terms of guiding diagnoses and treatments. In the largest study of ...