Kendra Coulter's new book, "The Tortoise Tale", helps us recognize the interconnectedness of all life and shows how an unlikely wild neighbor can help us see ourselves anew.

The fate of humanity might have looked radically different if Ice Age titans like the mammoth and saber-toothed cat had ...

Research shows humans caused the extinction of most giant animals shortly after arriving in new regions, reshaping ecosystems ...

A cold-activated protein that mends damaged DNA could play a part in keeping the bowhead whale in tip-top shape.

Giant, floating pumpkin races have drawn large crowds to the Oregon city of Tualatin. The Portland suburb has hosted the ...

One of the most enduring myths of humankind is that pertaining to giants. In almost every major civilization and culture in the world, there are tales of ancient giants, enormous and powerful, ...

Two new research papers from the Living Brain Project at Mount Sinai present what is, by several metrics, the largest investigation ever performed of the biology of the living human brain. The papers ...

A multidisciplinary team from China performed the world’s first successful genetically modified pig auxiliary liver xenotransplant in a living human. The liver was able to function and support the ...

In the mid-16th century the hyper-violent forces of Spanish conquistadors burned, tortured, raped and spread diseases as they made their way across Mesoamerica in the name of their one god. Yet they ...

A groundbreaking study in the Journal of Hepatology describes the first-ever liver xenotransplant from a genetically modified pig to a human. The recipient, a 71-year-old man with advanced liver ...

Humans are living 20 years longer than they were in 1950, according to new research with all 204 countries and territories studied reporting declines in their mortality rates since then. But vast ...