Have you ever wondered why some animals seem to vanish into thin air the second a person walks by? It's not magic or ...

The persistent presence of humans and their infrastructure in U.S. national parks has yielded dramatic changes in the behaviors of large animals who live there, a new study has found. Even during the ...

From ocean surf to mountain forest, the United States is home to animals that trigger deep fear in many people. Sharks, bears ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - A new study that examined animal species with a cancer resistance gene could provide help for human cancer research. Scientists have long been intrigued by Peto’s Paradox, which ...

New fossil research shows how human impacts, particularly through the rise of agriculture and livestock, have disrupted natural mammal communities as profoundly as the Ice Age extinctions. Fossil ...

New research shows humans may have brought wolves to a remote island, fed them, and cared for them thousands of years ago.

Recent analysis of two fossils from Australia, estimated to be about 50,000 years old, suggests that Australia’s First Peoples valued big animals for their fossils as well as for their meat, ...

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Scavengers like turkey vultures remove millions of tons of waste each year by consuming carrion. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Scavengers are in trouble—and their decline could be harmful to human ...

Tissue optical clearing is a fundamental technique that enhances light penetration deep into biological samples by reducing light scattering through refractive index homogenization. This process ...

We're constantly told that spending time in nature is good for the body and the mind alike. A large body of research shows ...