The biological study of species offers no equivalent to such transmutation. An individual which belongs to a given species ...

When scientists want to trace how a species has changed over time—and predict its prospects for survival—they turn to DNA.

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. The Endangered Species Act always had a hole in it. It was intended to protect ecosystems as well as individual species—it says so right in the original 1973 ...

Meet the Messor ibericus harvester ant, the only animal on record that clones another animal to carry out its lifecycle, ...

Not literally, of course. But similarly to an ant colony, two scientists say our collective culture—not genetics—has become ...

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Mindy Fawver is retired from a career in commercial photography and graphic design, while her husband, Doug Bruce, works as an industrial alignment engineer; neither has a professional background in ...

A skull that was found embedded in a cave wall in Greece more than 60 years ago may finally have an identification.

A new analysis suggests that the oral microbiome could help identify individuals at an increased risk for pancreatic cancer.

Does Tennessee have invasive species? What to know about certain insects, animals and plants and how to control the spread.