A review of studies suggests a potentially useful link between gut bacteria and mental disorders

A new paper paints an even more intricate picture of Earth's mantle as a geochemically diverse mosaic

Color has played a role in the selective processes that have steered evolution for hundreds of millions of years

What happens when Yellowstone —adapted to recurring fires every 100 to 300 years—instead burns twice in fewer than 30 years?

The companies are developing a new treatment for the debilitating rare disease, pachyonychia congenita

A detailed new model of a bacterial secretion system provides directions for developing precisely targeted antibiotics

Bedbugs rank high among the list of most unwanted human bedfellows, but until now, little was known about when they first originated

Neuroscientists identify a brain circuit that helps break decisions down into smaller pieces

After feeding fruit flies a high-sugar diet, the flies’ taste neurons triggered a molecular chain-reaction that hampered their ability to taste sweets

Researchers at the Smithsonian Institute have proposed a "demographic safe space" for Asian elephants to improve conservation

A team of researchers has produced a record-shattering underwater sound with an intensity that eclipses that of a rocket launch

A permanently high, easy-to-process supply of nutrients not only affects the human metabolism it feeds, but also the bacterial colonization of the intestine