The first step in using trees to slow climate change: Protect the trees we have

In part because of her gender, Tharp was the right person in the right place at the right time to make the first detailed maps of the ocean’s bottom.

The argument between Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis 100 years ago was ultimately settled by Edwin Hubble.

Unlike all other studied primates, humans lack vocal membranes. That lets humans produce the sounds that language is built on, a new study suggests.

Communities in Kenya took action to restore their coastal mangrove forests, reaping economic and environmental benefits. Others are following suit.

For people with long COVID, finding a place to get appropriate medical care is a challenge.

Evolution uses all its tricks to make sure we procreate. But love in humans is a many-splendored thing.

«What happens when you fall in love for the first time is the activation of various areas of the limbic system and the neocortex»

What nonhuman animals experience while sleeping can be called dreaming, philosopher David Peña-Guzmán writes in a new book. This impacts how we should think about their interior lives.

A gardener’s best friend? Think again. How invasive earthworms are wreaking havoc on our ecosystems

A statistical analysis of chemical tags on DNA may help unify disparate theories of aging.

Shouldn’t we respect our animal elders, too?