Ribosomes, the cell's protein-making factories, consume large amounts of energy as they build the proteins that keep cells ...

Robert Pellegrino, Ph.D., has joined the Texas A&M Department of Animal Science as an assistant professor of sensory science ...

In the animal kingdom, doting dads are scarce: Research shows as few as 3 to 5 percent of mammal fathers take an active role in parenting their offspring. But why some seem more geared toward ...

The UN points out that the world population is expected to grow from the current 8 billion people to around 10 billion by ...

A global study of 10,000 dogs explores whether pets truly understand and use word buttons to communicate with humans.

Humans have climbed to the top of the food chain by skillfully hunting, trapping, and fishing for other animals at scales that far exceed other predators, altering how the animals behave and earning ...

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

A decades-long study of nearly 200,000 adults challenges the low-carb versus low-fat debate. Both eating patterns were tied to lower heart disease risk when they emphasized whole grains, plant-based ...

Solar eclipses are among nature’s most unusual and dramatic events. The Moon casts a shadow on the Earth that changes the ...

We like to think that animals follow the crowd. If most of the group does something, surely the individual will copy. But what if the story is more complicated? What if the deciding factor isn't just ...

“This is one of the oldest known four-legged animals to eat its veggies,” said Arjan Mann of the Field Museum in Chicago, a co-lead author of the study. “It shows that experimentation with herbivory ...

"The Intimate Animal" explores how dating apps cause people to raise their expectations—and walk into first dates with preconceived notions.