For naked mole-rats, the queen wields such power. Naked mole-rat queens release a calming scent to control their colonies, a ...

People make a lot of gas, and it’s got to come out one end or the other. Understanding those farts and burps could tell us a ...

Humans aren’t the only animals who fart. Take Dakota, an English cocker spaniel. When she was getting older, she could no ...

Earth’s oceans are heating up. But since the 19th century, one patch in the North Atlantic has cooled by about 1 degree ...

Humans could learn from chimpanzees and bonobos. When things get tense, these apes turn to group members for hugs, touches ...

Studying this paradox eventually led scientists to a deeper understanding of cancer biology. A paradox is when a scenario ...

Our sweets cravings may have set the stage for the human brain to become big and powerful. That’s the finding of a new study. The brains of our upright-walking ancestors, some 4 million years ago, ...