Pangolins, which look like a cross between an anteater and a pinecone, are the most-trafficked mammals in the world. In a new ...

A new estimate of insect species globally finds that there may be 8 to 14 million more species than people thought, with few of them discovered.

Older adults discharged from hospital with a new prescription for a sedative, especially a benzodiazepine or antipsychotic, are at increased risk of falls and other negative consequences, according to ...

Researchers at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, have developed a new calculator that estimates a person's risk of developing serious muscle disorders from ...

Accounting for atmospheric degradation of levoglucosan is essential for accurate identification of biomass burning sources in ...

Ultra-light GPS tracking devices have revealed that the Pygmy Falcon operates within an exceptionally small home range while ...

A 100-year-old equation and a fibre-optic cable off the coast of Svalbard led researchers to discover they could detect ...

When bacteria are under antibiotic attack, it is not ‘every man for himself.’ Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and colleagues from collaborating institutions have discovered that bacterial ...

A University of Michigan life cycle analysis shows that hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and electric vehicles offer significant reductions in lifetime greenhouse gas emissions compared with diesel powertr ...

Researchers in Japan explored whether a wearable, neck-mounted camera could offer a new way to document and review ...

Markers of a new mechanism for cell death, called karyoptosis, have been found in brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease ...

Great apes may have been laughing with a similar rhythm to modern humans for at least 15 million years, a University of ...