Many spine-bearing creatures, or vertebrates, have a curious bit of tissue deep in their brains called the pineal gland. It ...

Hidden deep in a once-ravaged mining site on a remote Pacific island, scientists uncovered a sleek, black-eyed creature ...

Aquaculture is now the fastest-growing food production sector globally, supplying more than half of the fish and seafood ...

Discovered more than six decades ago, the Tully Monster remains one of the most puzzling fossils ever studied. Despite repeated analysis, scientists still cannot agree on whether it was a vertebrate, ...

Moving cannabis to a category of drugs that includes some common medicines will have implications for research, businesses and patients. By Jan Hoffman President Trump on Thursday ordered cannabis to ...

A new study warns that 15-23% of the Philippines’ 1,294 terrestrial vertebrates face extinction, with amphibians and mammals at highest risk. Endemic species are most vulnerable, yet many lesser-known ...

Primary immunodeficiency disorders (PIDs) are a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized, as the name suggests, by deficiencies (abnormal, poor or absent function) in the immune system. As ...

Former athlete and Emmy-winning sports reporter Lindsay Simpson suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2018 that nearly took her life. At a recent event held by the National Academies of Sciences, ...

There are some pretty large animals in the world. Giraffes are notable for their long necks, and whales for their sheer size, but have you ever seen the biggest crab in the world? Coconut crabs are ...

Of all the people who should be capable of shedding light on the underwater world, it’s scuba divers. Indeed, many scuba divers become advocates of protecting the ocean. This is because they ...

CREATING NEW NON-CAREER, POLICY-ORIENTED EMPLOYEES IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order creating a new classification of non-career federal workers, ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...