Animals that hibernate are incredibly resilient. They can spend months without food or water, muscles refusing to atrophy, body temperature dropping to near freezing as their metabolism and brain ...

An innovative use of skin cells could provide a route for same-sex couples or women with fertility problems to have children ...

Smithsonian researchers used fecal samples to identify specific wild swift foxes. This method allows for non-invasive monitoring, which reduces stress for the animals. Wes Overvold, Smithsonian’s ...

New research reveals how ancient pathogens, including plague and leprosy, entered human populations over 37,000 years.

A new study of the bizarre naked mole rat shows that the animals have evolved a DNA repair mechanism that could explain their ...