Biology

Scientists have recently discovered thousands of active RNA molecules that can control the human body

Moths and other insects aren’t drawn to nighttime illumination for the reasons we think they are

Scientists are putting together a catalog of communications from belugas’ forehead “melon”

The eyebrows of the African wild dog have scientists wondering whether other canine species besides domestic dogs can make the irresistible “puppy-dog eyes” expression

You can thank yeast and bacteria cultivated over generations for the distinctive taste and smell of the oldest leavened bread in history

Is China’s future population drop a crisis or an opportunity?

Here’s what a chef, a vet and two anthropologists have to say about eating periodical cicadas

There has never been a better time to be or become a birder

Several marsupial species, including sugar gliders, independently evolved a way to make membranes that allow them to glide through the air

Ancestors of so-called soft corals may have developed bioluminescence in the earliest days of deep-ocean living

Fossilized vertebrae that were found in an Indian coal mine belonged to a gigantic and previously unknown snake species

Uncontrollable sobbing is uniquely human, and it may be our emotions running out of our faces, a way to connect us with other people