In the pitch black hours nearing midnight last March on Barro Colorado Island in Panama, a team of scientists came across a startling discovery: a hot pink leaf-masquerading katydid (Arota festae), ...

Researchers analyzing chest CT scans from more than 27,000 adults have found that the condition of the thymus gland, a small ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have built a computer simulation that tracks the entire life cycle ...

The FDA has released draft guidance that aims to clear up how drug developers can use alternative testing – but that doesn’t mean animal testing in the US is over.

Static electricity may seem simple. Students often learn that rubbing a balloon against their hair will cause negatively ...

New research indicates that ghosting leaves a longer-lasting psychological mark than direct rejection. The study suggests that the lack of closure keeps people from moving on, prolonging their ...

Animals do all sorts of things to attract each other as potential mates. Many birds, for example, produce feathers with elaborate color patterns—from the iridescent plumage of many hummingbirds to the ...

The bright colors of butterfly wings, the sweet aromas of flowers, and the euphonious melodies of songbirds all evolved as ...

Introduction Narrative interventions elicit personal stories from participants to impact outcome(s). The process of organising a troublesome experience into a cohesive story may benefit individuals ...

In a study published in Nature Communications, the team showed for the first time that specific frequencies of acoustic waves ...

Correctional staff are routinely exposed to high-stress environments, with inmate self-harm emerging as one of the most emotionally corrosive and ethically complex dimensions of prison life. While ...