But some social media users have suggested a noticeable difference in one popular song in particular — "The Twelve Days of ...

The COVID-19 pandemic changed a lot for human society – but it also caused a local species of bird to rapidly evolve, ...

A study by Kristin Winchell (NYU) sequenced the genomes of these reptiles and found 93 specific genes related to limb and skin development that had diverged from forest populations. The city lizards ...

Doctors and scientists say this year's influenza season could be tougher than usual, with a new version of the flu virus, ...

If you’ve ever been curious about how wildlife adapt to short-term environmental changes, a recently-published study has big ...

A Scots poultry farm - believed to be one of the biggest in Europe - has reported a bird flu outbreak.

Emily Kwong and Berly McCoy of NPR's Short Wave talk about why swearing might improve physical performance, how birds' bills changed during the pandemic and why scientists are sampling whale breath.

Cuckoos exhibit a remarkable survival strategy by foregoing nest building, a costly endeavor. Instead, they cleverly deposit ...

With studies of fossilized bones, gut contents, eggshells and more, paleontologists revealed new and captivating details ...

Misinformation isn’t just human. A new study shows how false signals spread across biology, from bacteria to bird flocks.

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Scientists have reconstructed the head of an ancient human relative from 1.5 million year-old fossilized bones and teeth. But the face staring back is complicating scientists' understanding of early ...