UCSF researchers are using tiny "mini-organs" to model disease, personalize treatment, and understand human development. They ...

A breakthrough study revealed a primitive brain region that acts as a built-in filter to block out a noisy world.

Many people see sharks as predators driven solely by hunger and instinct, but a new study suggests that they enjoy play and having fun.

Shelter life can, more often than not, get overwhelming and lonely for dogs. The canines live with constant anxiety, fear, ...

Wildlife need connectivity to find food, mates, and shelter but roads and infrastructure can lead to fatal clashes. Crossings ...

Toads aren't associated with witches, the occult, or warts. But their glands do have a potent toxin used for self-defense.

When a PA slaughterhouse polluted rural drinking wells with animal waste, one woman fought back and won—but systemic change ...

One of the most endangered sea creatures of the Pacific Ocean is getting a leg up in the kelp forests of Washington’s San ...

When animals are injured, orphaned or otherwise left to Mother Nature’s unforgiving devices, must humans just sit back and observe?

The coconut bikini top sits perfectly on her compact muscular frame. The splash pad sends cooling water across her paws. Her ...

Humans sleep less than every other primate on record, despite having the biggest brains — biologists call it the human sleep ...

But there’s another way that scientists are trying to unlock their secrets – and it’s to do with how they heal wounds.