Humans influence the evolution of plants and animals. Sometimes actively, sometimes indirectly. The case of the Tube mosquito ...

A paper published by URI researchers reveals key mechanisms in speciation in corals. Critically threatened by climate change, a better understanding of coral biology will help efforts to conserve and ...

The female reproductive system includes organs that produce hormones like estrogen and progesterone. Ovaries release one mature egg each month during ovulation. Fallopian tubes transport the egg from ...

Across the world’s oceans, killer whales share the same striking black‑and‑white look yet live radically different lives. Some populations hug familiar coastlines generation after generation, while ...

President Donald Trump’s latest comments are just the latest chapter in a relationship that stretches back more than a ...

Medical sociology examines how social, cultural, political and economic factors shape health in ways that medicine alone ...

The analysis of dental remains from Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia has important implications regarding the balance and ...

Abandoned spaces can quickly revert to habitats for a wide variety of species, showing how resilient nature is in recovering ...

In other news, a federal appeals court rejects a move by the National Institutes of Health to put a 15% cap on indirect cost ...

Three decades after the Beijing Platform for Action, the groundbreaking UN declaration that affirmed that women’s rights are human rights, the global movement for gender equality and women’s ...