Despite startling breakthroughs, the first words and signs of great apes are rarely publicly celebrated by scientists.

Proposed cuts for prescribed burning could rekindle a debate over fire’s historical role in managing some forests.

Officials asked agency staff to draft a rule that would limit data collection. The move could set a global precedent.

In the intervening years, he tried numerous forms of therapy, medication, brain stimulation, and residential treatments — all ...

A History of the World in Six Plagues" explores the racial and class inequalities linking infectious disease epidemics.

Apps that track health information or help provide care may have benefits, but experts say a lack of regulation is concerning ...

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The closely-spaced deaths of two cougars in Washington state suggest the virus is likely more widespread than thought.

In fact, social monogamy is extremely common in birds and somewhat common in mammals, while sexual monogamy is vanishingly ...