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.

The reason why birds make such a racket at dawn is still unclear. But researchers are now pouring cold water on one popular ...

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

The new movie “The Python Hunt” follows the Florida Python Challenge: A 10-day competition to remove the most pythons from the Everglades.

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 ...