In the first broad evolutionary analysis of its kind, Chloe Heys and her colleagues found that masturbation appears across ...

A new study suggests competition between neighboring primate groups may shape differences in body size between males and females.

“We can’t hold their hands for the next few thousand years. We have to let them do their own thing,” says Andrew Digby, ...

The evolution of sex remains one of biology's greatest puzzles. While sexual reproduction dominates across the animal kingdom ...

The Outside Story teaches readers about the bobolink, a medium-sized songbird with a very distinct, bubbly robotic call.

This series journeys through China's national parks to explore conservation, biodiversity protection and sustainable tourism ...

Mayflies, with adult lifespans ranging from a few hours to several days, exemplify extreme biological efficiency. Emerging ...

SEATTLE (AP) — A portion of one of the most ambitious ocean monitoring networks ever built will go dark this month when scientists board a research vessel and motor off the Oregon coast to pull a ...

Ocean scientists, the US Coast Guard, ferry companies and whale tracking experts joined forces to rapidly develop and deploy the system to help end a spate of fatal gray whale-vessel strikes in the ...

A young black bear visited two Massachusetts schools as it wandered through Worcester with police in pursuit.

The evidence was hiding in plain sight, or rather, in the undergrowth of Islan Dåno', more commonly known as Cocos Island, ...

At first hearing, the idea sounds almost absurd. A technology company associated with search engines, artificial intelligence ...