Every egg case examined contained plastic particles, raising urgent questions about how pollution may be affecting sharks ...

Thyroid hormone and Vitamin A transform blue eye cells into red and green ones. This transition builds the eye’s center, ...

Humans develop sharp vision during early fetal development thanks to an interplay between a vitamin A derivative and thyroid hormones in the retina, Johns Hopkins University scientists have found. The ...

GOP lawmakers have introduced dozens of new restrictions as courts weigh remaining abortion laws and the issue heads back to ...

GOP lawmakers have introduced dozens of new restrictions as courts weigh remaining abortion laws and the issue heads back to voters in November.

About 10 million years ago, Antarctica's Southern Ocean started to get so cold that it scared away most fish in the region.

The kidneys are vital organs that sustain life by filtering the blood and producing urine. This filtration process takes ...

Supporters of the “Make America Healthy Again” strategy have long railed against pesticides, making opposition to them a pillar of the movement.

A new book tells the stories of scientists “ridiculed, exiled, and imprisoned for being right.” Nuno Castel-Branco is a historian of science at the University of Oxford and writes the Stories of ...

After a quiz bowl changed her path, Dr. Zena Herrera returns to Arkansas to study how pregnancy stress and production shape ...