The only other known case of rabies in a sea mammal was in a ringed seal in Norway's Svalbard islands in the early 1980s.

One of this year's coveted Lasker Awards has gone to Zhijian "James" Chen, a scientist behind a key immune-system discovery.

A data scientist who correctly predicted elections in 2020 and 2021 is back to throw his analytical hat in the ring — and ...

One of the researchers described the circumstances that led to the discovery as “serendipity.” This year’s prestigious Lasker ...

When studying the spread of cancer or the behavior of a virus like the one that causes COVID-19, the irony is that working ...

Researchers show the average surface temperature on our planet has shifted between 51.8 to 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit ...

Scientists in England found that picky eating was 60 percent genetic among toddlers and 74 percent in children older than 3.

GLP-1 based drugs are transforming the treatment of obesity and opening up new avenues for addressing heart disease, ...

Blue-green algae is known to emit toxins which can cause skin irritation in humans, or stomach upsets if a lot of affected ...

A University of Arizona scientist is a co-author in an international study that has zeroed in on a short list of animals from ...

In Puerto Rico and other hard-hit places, marine researchers are trying to restore reefs and make corals more resilient — with some recent success.

Twenty years ago, a team of U.K. scientists sounded the alarm on a then-underappreciated problem: the breakdown of plastic ...