Yellowstone is the only place in the United States where bison have lived continuously since the prehistoric age.

To decide on the location of the Great Filter (or collection of Lesser Filters), we don’t have a lot of evidence to go on.

A sports scientist whose grandfather was a world champion rower at 93 took up the sport himself. He says it's the "perfect" ...

The highest concentrations of undocumented immigrants in Midwest states are in cities with "sanctuary" policies.

Dr. Eric Verdin studies how we can extend our healthspan, or quality of life, and uses his findings to tweak his lifestyle.

The biggest glacier in the Alps could yet be partially saved if global warming is capped below two degrees Celsius, Swiss ...

Indian-American scientist Jay Bhattacharya confirmed as NIH Director by U.S. Senate, focused on improving health with ...

Researchers publishing new expert guidelines have emphasized that even small efforts can have a positive impact.

Two killer whales have killed dozens — if not hundreds — of sharks, including the vaunted great whites, with an ease that has ...

There has been a lot of chatter in parts of the online world this week about the supposed discovery of a hidden complex of ...

During the lifespan of a scientist, there are several critical ... “We just want people in the lab to do their great science without having existential dread about how they get paid,” Cooper ...

Great hammerhead sharks are slow to grow and slow to reproduce, which makes them very vulnerable to overfishing — worldwide ...