Human biology evolved for a world of movement, nature, and short bursts of stress—not the constant pressure of modern life.

Scientists have discovered a strange tubular structure inside Profftella, a symbiotic bacterium in the Asian citrus psyllid. These long, helical tubes, filled with ribosomes, show a complexity not ...

As global temperatures rise, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) scientists work to grow stronger, more resilient crops. Yet ...

A remarkably preserved horseshoe crab fossil from North America offers rare insight into some of the earliest known cases of ...

Slow orbital changes caused pulses in Earth's oxygen cycle 500 million years ago, which spurred explosions of animal life.

Bears look like textbook mammals, but hidden in their evolutionary history are two dramatic departures from the standard ...

Dr. Hein was drawn to the natural history of misinformation through his research on fish. He and his colleagues observed the ...

Light-sensitive stem cells let bristleworms grow their eyes for life, shedding new light on how vision evolved.

Interactions among viruses can help them succeed inside their hosts or impart vulnerabilities that make them easier to treat.

The planet has been flipping between two main modes of carbon recovery depending on the state of coral reefs, new research ...

The standard measure of lesion count may matter less than the underlying biology driving treatment response in ...