Studies in neuroscience with applications to humans offer clues about what makes us start eating, and when we stop.

Tool use isn’t just for humans! From birds to primates, some animals have mastered using objects to solve ... with reinforced ...

Archaeologists working at Driffield Terrace, a well-preserved Roman cemetery in York, have uncovered the first direct ...

A group of Brazilian researchers has, for the first time in the entire Atlantic Rainforest, estimated the population density ...

Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of gladiatorial combat between a human and a lion.

Sea creatures keep showing up dead in California waters, and researchers may have an answer as to why. It has to do with their food. One of the largest algae blooms in Southern California has been ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re ...

COROLLA, N.C. (WAVY) — The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources has seen an uptick in humpback whales ...

AN adorable seven-month-old baby girl has been mauled to death by the family's pitbull in ... arriving at the home as a man told them a dog had attacked the child. He explained one of the dogs ...

Animals who eat the product could be affected by salmonella and listeria; humans who handle the products, especially without washing their hands after contamination, are also at risk. Individuals ...

A Cuban woman who had come to the United States illegally was sentenced Friday to 7 1/2 years in prison for her part in a human smuggling operation that led to the deaths of 16 people.