New research looks at the surprising similarities in the gut microbiomes of hunter-gathers in Tanzania and horticulturalists ...

Researchers may have uncovered the reason why some of Earth's earliest animals were commonly preserved as fossils—even though ...

Tiny microbes may help explain a large mystery in the fossil record: why soft-bodied animals were once preserved surprisingly ...

The Indigenous African Hadza and South American Tsimane share gut microorganisms that shed light on human dispersals and ...

Vaccination is one of the most important tools for preventing infectious diseases and protecting public health. However, ...

As waves of humans left Africa tens of thousands of years ago, eventually populating the entire planet, they were joined on ...

The findings underline new ways in which people’s collection of gut microorganisms, known as their microbiome, might be ...

Sophie Medlin, a dietitian who has been specializing in the colon for 20 years, has built habits that make it easy to eat gut ...

Bacteria living in people’s guts may preserve traces of journeys their ancestors made tens of thousands of years ago.

President Trump said Monday he is concerned about the suspected plague case in Russia, saying the U.S. is “looking at it very ...

The fossil record is biased. Because soft tissues like organs are very rarely preserved, paleontologists are left to piece together extinct life from the hard stuff (bones, shells, exoskeletons, ...

Gut health and muscle health are often thought of as separate concerns. The first brings to mind eating fibre and probiotics, ...