The Turtle Bank in South Carolina is sheltering Asia’s most threatened turtles. Poaching and habitat loss pushed them to the ...

These “walking sharks” can lay eggs without spending extra energy, rewriting what scientists thought they knew about reproduction.

Termites became social powerhouses by stripping away genes tied to competition and independence. This genetic shedding locked in monogamy, boosted cooperation, and paved the way for their ...

Early in development, many animals pick a team—male or female—based on their genetics, and, with time, acquire the ...

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biology have discovered a remarkably streamlined strategy for developmental ...

The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows. The complex precursors to biological molecules can form spontaneously in interstellar space, according ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Cheers rose from a bundled-up crowd as a loggerhead sea turtle that survived a likely shark attack ...

Deep in the coastal woods of South Carolina, behind high fences, guard dogs, and security cameras, is a group of people who ...

Thousands of sea turtles come ashore in Odisha every year in a mass turtle nesting event. Learn what it is and why its ...

“Under environmental stress, many species will choose between survival and reproduction, but the epaulette shark might be ...

Furthermore, the team monitored shifts in blood and hormones while the mother sharks laid eggs, explained lead-author Carolyn ...

An “epigenetic” adaptation could prevent large numbers of loggerhead turtles from hatching as female due to climate change – ...