Science

For wounded chimpanzees, help sometimes comes in the form of first aid — care rendered not by humans but by…

Fighting fungi isn’t easy. Season two of the streaming series The Last of Us has arrived on Max (light spoilers…

An apple may not fall far from the tree, but for a leaf, it depends on its shape. Elm or…

Add a little-known species of assassin bugs to the list of animals that can fashion and wield tools. And true…

Sprinklings of life appear key to the recipe for rain. Lofted flecks of organic material like bacteria, pollen and fungal…

A common chemical in household plastics has been linked with heart disease deaths. In 2018, about 13.5 percent of the…

Grunts, barks, screams and pants ring through Taï National Park in Cȏte d’Ivoire. Chimpanzees there combine these different calls like…

Neandertals formed sophisticated hunting parties that drove wild horses into fatal traps around 200,000 years ago. At Germany’s Schöningen site,…

Not all cell walls are created equal. Take the peculiar makeup of the Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium’s cell wall. It might…

Some plants stink of rotting meat or dung, which helps them attract flies for pollination. How plants make the carrion…

The headlines keep coming: Another federal grant funding medical research terminated. Another lab devoted to mental health losing its funding.…

Many teens who vape want to quit. A recent clinical trial suggests that a drug used to stop smoking can…