The new work suggests that scavenging persisted among humans long after hunting emerged. So while it has long been argued ...

A conference at the Monona Terrace in Madison focused on how to support caregivers for cancer patients. Speakers at the ...

The antimicrobial triclosan is widely used in personal hygiene products, textiles and plastics, but when it enters the ...

The following is a calendar of community events in the Baton Rouge area from Friday through Thursday, Oct. 30.

Researchers have discovered alarming levels of microplastics in human brain tissue, with dementia patients showing 10 times ...

A formerly threatened wetland full of half-buried tires and broken washing machines is getting a facelift after its ...

Complexity Postdoctoral Fellow Maike Morrison builds mathematical tools to quantify and compare biological variation. Her ...

Imagine Europe tens of thousands of years ago: dense forests, large herds of elephants, bison and aurochs—and small groups of ...

Masters of Silent Avoidance Mountain lions are perhaps nature's most skilled escape artists when it comes to avoiding human ...

It turns out the bearded vulture—also called the quebrantahuesos, or bonebreaker—isn’t just a carrion scavenger. This habit has given researchers in southern Spain a unique boon: “time capsules” of ...

Brandt’s graduate students continue to push the envelope on using new technologies to innovate for ecological research. One ...

Dr. Sarah McFarland, an author, professor, and avid ecocritic, explores this question in her upcoming presentation at WKU, ...