Can laboratories become more humane, or is it time to end animal research altogether?

Think twice before stepping on that crunchy top layer of soil.

Some biologists believe natural selection produces animals that are just good enough. Dawkins disagrees.

It’s high time owners learned to speak their dog’s language.

“What modern science has taught us is that life is not a property of matter.”

Researchers are working nest by nest to limit the threat while developing better eradication methods.

New tests to detect species being traded, as well as population studies, aim to help save them.

Scientists still aren’t sure how they perform without those restorative Z’s.

Learning to decode complex communication on Earth may give us a leg up if intelligent life from space makes contact.

A study of spinal development took a strange turn and made a surprise discovery.

As the world warms, trees in forests such as those in Minnesota will no longer be adapted to their local climates. That’s where assisted migration comes in.

In a recent paper, biologists outlined a three-part hypothesis for how all life as we know it began.

We don’t yet know if these strange “obelisks” are helpful or harmful.

The discovery suggests that the “Boring Billion” period of evolution on Earth wasn’t so boring after all.

The new electrically conductive substrate could be the future of hydroponic farming.

The first-of-its-kind map, which goes all the way down to the level of a single cell, could help prevent common birth defects.

The ominous cloud of acid rain hasn’t vanished but rather drifted toward the developing world.