Since 2014, a virus related to polio has paralyzed hundreds of children. Amid government cuts, what happens if the outbreaks ...

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New research follows a distinct lineage of bedbugs that lived alongside humans for thousands of years, suggesting they might ...

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Collagen from a fossilized bone fragment can identify the animal it came from. And, some new info about our galaxy’s eventual ...

Scientists used gene-editing technology to create “Peter Pan” tadpoles that would eat the eggs of Australia’s cane toads—and ...

It’s time to say goodbye to Universe of Art. Thank you to everyone who listened over the past couple of years. If you’d like ...

A mysterious disease called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) has been appearing in emergency rooms for about a decade. The disease has caused otherwise healthy children to lose the ability to move their ...

Pests are ravaging keystone species like ash, elm, and beech. But researchers are breeding the survivors into more resilient populations. Port Orford cedar trees in Redwood National Park that were ...

Lace up those comfortable sneakers, and get out your bug spray and field guides, because we’re about to go birder-watching.