Researchers and citizen scientists took samples of environmental DNA from saliva on backyard hummingbird feeders and agave ...

Methylmercury is an extremely toxic compound, and unfortunately it's often present in the fish that we eat. Scientists are ...

The ink of the cuttlefish could transform how sharks are deterred from hunting near swimmers, according to new research.

A team led by University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health geneticists has shown, for the first time, that a gene "silencer" that resides in junk DNA is directly sparing people from a devastating ...

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences' South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Zhejiang University, and Ocean University of China identified the new species in the continental slope area ...

Managers launched a formal evaluation of new measures to reduce the number of Western Alaska chum salmon caught in pollock ...

Shark depredation is a rising issue in recreational fishing, especially in Florida, where sharks steal fish straight off anglers' lines. Researchers harnessed citizen science -- social media, angler ...

A new UCLA Health study has discovered in mouse models that genes associated with repairing mismatched DNA are critical in eliciting damages to neurons that are most vulnerable in Huntington's disease ...

Biologists recently captured, collared and released a very stout male cat. When they weighed him, they realized he was the ...

Learn more about a new tilefish species with red striped eyes, similar to San’s in Princess Mononoke.

New research findings by Oceana, in collaboration with marine geneticist Dr. Adrian Munguia-Vega and in partnership with prestigious Swiss watchmaker, Blancpain, detected ...

A deepwater fish new to science has been named after San, the warrior princess from Studio Ghibli's landmark animated film ...