Great white shark populations in South Africa are disappearing, driven largely by human activities that are likely ...

For decades, researchers have focused on the problem of overgrazing, in which expanding herds of cattle and other livestock ...

A new study shows human immune systems differ across populations, raising new questions for medicine and global drug research ...

Pregnant women should never consume alcohol because of the high risks to their babies and themselves. According to the ...

Scientists are uncovering why Brazil may be one of the most important yet underused resources for studying extreme longevity.

New CDC childhood vaccination guidelines reduce the number of primarily targeted diseases from 16 to what the Department of ...

A Viewpoint published in Genomic Psychiatry by Dr. Mayana Zatz and colleagues at the Human Genome and Stem Cell Research ...

Known for their elusive nature and mythic proportions, tarpon never fail to entice anglers looking for a challenge. They're ...

Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to unravel in 2025. Analysis of DNA extracted from the fossil electrified the ...

The fossil and genetic evidence agree that modern humans originated in Africa. The most genetically diverse human populations—the groups that have had the longest time to pick up novel mutations—live ...

Humans were isolated in southern Africa for about 100,000 years, which caused them to "fall outside the range of genetic variation" seen in modern-day people, a new genetic study reveals. The finding ...