When closely related species mate, their offspring sometimes survive but cannot reproduce. This pattern often affects males ...

Some animals have reproductive strategies so extreme that they can lead directly to their own death. In certain species, intense mating competition or biological stress pushes the body beyond its ...

When a trait evolves repeatedly and independently, biologists call this convergent evolution . Convergence does not mean a ...

This century has brought a lot of economic prosperity for India’s 1.45 billion Population. However, this century has also brought biological and lifestyle challenges for a large part of ...

Tests in Germany show children and teens are contaminated with banned plasticizers. You may never have heard of these potentially toxic chemicals, but they're everywhere, including clothes, cosmetics ...

Sake, miso and soy sauce are all fermented products made with Aspergillus oryzae, or koji mold. Although koji mold has been a key component in Japanese cuisine for a long time, there are now only 10 ...

Discover why tiny Amazon insects are so vulnerable to heat and what their decline could mean for forests, wildlife, and people.

Humans are often described as “super-predators,” but wildlife may not respond to us as uniformly as once thought. People have ...

Evolutionary theory has revolutionized the way we understand humans – yet more than a century after Darwin's ideas reshaped biology, the female form of our species remains largely a mystery.

Trout are not native to Arkansas, but I am in a churlish mood tonight, and when I get this way, I beg to differ.

According to research, scientists know quite a lot about sharks. For example, we know that an estimated 57 shark species are ...