A new study provides a list of the wildlife species present at the market from which SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, most likely arose in late 2019. The study is based on ...

Here's the Maximum Possible Social Security Benefit at 62, 66, 67, and 70 The 1.6 million-year-old discovery that changes ...

Where do new genes come from? That's the question a team of biological sciences researchers from the U of A set out to answer ...

Biological scientists at the U of A propose a new model for understanding how new genes and novel functions can originate through recycling and innovation of “junk.” ...

With 84 species currently described, Characidium may be the most diverse fish genus known to science. This is the conclusion ...

Animals including mammals usually protect their brains from infiltrating microbes that can cause disease. But some fish seem to do just fine.

A study evaluating 21,000 marine animals suggests the threat to ocean ecosystems is more widespread than scientists thought.

Antidepressants like prozac (fluoxetine) have helped millions of people around the world, but studies show they may be ...

Climate change and asteroids are linked with animal origin and extinction -- and plate tectonics also seems to play a key evolutionary role, 'groundbreaking' new fossil research reveals. The discovery ...

Though there was no reason to doubt the authenticity of the photo, Snopes spoke with a wildlife expert who confirmed the size ...

Ngamugawi wirngarri is a new species of coelacanth, an ancient fish species that has lived on Earth for over 400 million ...