Missouri’s state symbols showcase the items, plants, animals and places that form the unique culture the Show-Me State is known for. State symbols are meant to be educational, especially for ...

The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also ...

In January, biologists in the Los Angeles area rushed to rescue tiny northern tidewater gobies ( Eucyclogobius newberryi) in Malibu’s Topanga Canyon Lagoon. The devastating Palisades fire had ...

Cambridge and Oxford researchers propose the placenta drove human evolution by shaping our large, social brains.

Eight species of thrashers live in North America, most of them in the Southwest deserts. The sage thrasher is the smallest, ...

I woke up before 4 a.m. and got right out of bed. I wasn't sick and I wasn't giving up on any more shut eye after one of those inexplicable nights of tossing and turning. I did it in the name of ...

There are dozens of species of robins, but the relationship between these different birds is often less rooted in shared ...

Dr. Patterson explained that "we have lost a dear friend, Robin Williams ... about a man whose appeal seemed to literally span species.

Robin O’Keefe, a biology professor at Marshall ... like “melted ice cream,” making it challenging to put forward a claim for a new species based on it alone, O’Keefe said.

Robins are a cherished British bird ... In the UK, the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 serves as a reminder that all bird species, their nests, and eggs enjoy protection under the law, and ...

Robins are a beloved British bird, characterised by a bright orange-red breast, a brown back, and a dumpy shape. They are commonly found perched on a garden fence and are known as the garden birds ...

Gabrielle Levine, an environmental studies and anthropology student, uses her phone to photograph and identify species. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) “ This is good, especially because it's really ...