The Earth is full of remarkable species, and the wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) is certainly one of them. This small ...

Using new tech to observe real-time changes in microbial gut activity, researchers find eating in preferred circadian windows could benefit metabolic health.

Heart-healthy proteins are typically low in saturated fat and high in other beneficial nutrients. Learn which eight proteins ...

Neanderthals had a taste for fat, and they worked hard to get it. Long before humans built cities or invented writing, these ...

What we eat helps shape who we are. That’s why paleoanthropologists are so fascinated by ancient diets; they hold clues to ...

Cutting a single amino acid from the diet caused rapid, drastic weight loss in mice by converting white fat into ...

New research suggests that they smashed animal bones into tiny pieces before boiling them to extract the high-calorie grease ...

This review explores the potential of punicic acid in pomegranate seed oil as a nutraceutical for cardiovascular health.

In a paper published last month, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center introduced lipid nanoparticles — hollow, fatty ...

The Neanderthals were said to be running a “fat factory” around 125,000 years ago in modern-day Germany. A paper published in ...

The researchers believe that Neanderthals, an extinct species of human known to have lived in that area as far back as 125,000 years ago, smashed the marrow-rich bones into fragments with stone ...

The hunting and gathering activities of early humans required a high-calorie diet consisting of a variety of macronutrients—protein, carbohydrates, and fat. While hunting big-game animals—like deer, ...