Decades of conservation have helped Malaysia's green turtles recover, but tight budgets, fuel costs and poachers threaten progress As dawn breaks on Mataking Island off Sabah's east coast, a tiny ...

The Huns were a nomadic people whose sudden and ferocious arrival in the late 4th century sent shockwaves through the ancient world. Known for their lightning-fast cavalry and relentless raids, they ...

Scientists studied hundreds of dogs have pointed DNA changes that occur faster in larger breeds as the possible explanation ...

The question of what existed before your birth goes much deeper than genetics or fetal development. Some unusual research has kept the mystery alive without settling it.

Nobel-winning work by Kagan and Soai shows how molecular handedness can be amplified and directed, with implications for drug ...

New research reveals how octopuses and other cephalopods developed some of the most complex nervous systems in the animal ...

A University of Vienna study suggests the way octopus DNA is folded inside cells may have helped these animals evolve their ...

FOLLOWING the brutal murder of three young girls, serial-killer terror hung over South Wales for decades. That is until ...

Texas A&M University engineers make groundbreaking discovery about the origins of life and establish a framework that improves research outcomes.

New research reveals genetic changes that may explain why humans are more prone to osteoarthritis than other great apes.

Teshikaga, Hokkaido. Deep beneath the mountain surface once known as Mount Iō, the Earth was quietly exhaling. Three ...

A question about how a microscopic organism finds sunlight led to research that would eventually help scientists control the activity of nerve cells using light. More than two decades later, the work ...