Tracking coyote movement in metropolitan areas shows the animals spend lots of time in natural settings, but a new study ...

Other populations have become cloistered thanks ... a now-extinct group of human ancestors who originated in Asia. But after that initial meet-up, Papua New Guineans became genetically isolated ...

The third and largest wave began in 1800 with the harnessing of fossil fuels. With enormous, cheap energy at its disposal, the human population grew rapidly from 1 billion in 1800 to 2 billion in 1930 ...

Last year, the population only increased by 0.5 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. While this is the most ...

Design Cells/iStock/Getty Images Plus "Within the past 50,000 years most of the variation that is seen among human populations evolved," Hodgson said. "This includes all of the skin color ...

Researchers have made breakthrough discoveries about human migration patterns across Europe during the first millennium AD.

India releases Genome India database of 10,000 genomes for global research, focusing on disease study and precision medicine.

Coastal ecosystems, including fragile mangroves, wetlands and coral reefs, are also sensitive to the expanding coastal populations and to the infrastructure and pollution accompanying human ...

Explore the implications of the first human death from H5N1 bird flu in the US and what it means for public health.

Coastal populations are expanding quickly around the world. The rise is evident in burgeoning waterfront cities and in the increasing damage from powerful storms and rising sea levels. Yet ...