Life in the wild often comes down to survival, and for many species, survival depends on others. A new global study suggests ...

Most people on Earth are habitats for mites that spend the majority of their brief lives burrowed, head-first, in our hair ...

A mosquito (Culex nigripalpus) feeds on nectar from mango flower in Florida, the US. Mosquitoes are better known to spread ...

There is a precise moment where a painting transitions from a flat design into a physical object. For me, that moment always ...

Grey hair isn't random decline — it's melanocyte stem cells wearing out, a flaw natural selection never bothered fixing. Here ...

Starting one's sex life and having children at a young age can run in the family. But can pregnancy have beneficial health ...

For most women, the body begins to change dramatically in their 40s or 50s. This transition, known as menopause, is defined ...

The human-made cells show many hallmarks of life, but they can't make all their necessary internal structures or divide for ...

Dear How to Do It, I’m currently five months pregnant with my boyfriend of three years. This is his first child, and my third. For the past month he has been pretty much disinterested in sex, and we ...

A protein found in the starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis defends against viruses by doing the opposite of what its closest counterpart does in humans. The protein, called CARDIB, normally ...

The latest screwworm outbreak in cattle has led to clashing ideas about how to control it.

US-based Conception said more work is needed to grow the eggs to full maturity, but called the achievement a 'major ...