Twins are pretty rare, accounting for just 3% of births in the US these days. But new research shows that for primates 60 ...

There may be an evolutionary thread linking big brains, long lifespans and immune-system genes in mammals, a new study finds. An organism’s lifespan depends partly on its genes, but scientists have ...

Winter may seem quiet and uneventful, but for many animals, it is one of the most active and dynamic times of the year. While many species retreat into hibernation or head south, a surprising number ...

Lysmata wurdemanni is a saltwalter shrimp which can be found along the Atlantic seaboard of the US and along the Gulf of ...

Boston's most well-known Christmas event, the Boston Common tree lighting, will take place on Thursday, Dec. 4, from 6 to 8 p.m. Mayor Michelle Wu will help light the 45-foot Canadian tree near the ...

SANTA CLAUS. AWESOME. OUR JENNIFER AWESOME. ALWAYS IN IS LIVE IN A REALLY COLD COMMON TONIGHT. JENNIFER. IT REALLY IS COLD AT MARIA. BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THE TREE. IT IS ALSO VERY VERY AWESOME. THERE ...

“Shrews have adapted incredible mechanisms for survival,” she said. They’re even equipped with scent glands on their sides that emit a “repulsive odor” to repel many predators, she added. A cat, ...

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If mistletoe's status as a nutrient-stealing freeloader has been cooling your holiday ardor, new research led by an Oregon ...

“I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing / All alone stood it, and the moss hung down from the branches.” —Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, 1860-61 More than 150 years after Whitman wrote those lines, the ...

I think I was destined to hunt. When too young for a license, I followed along when Dad hunted rabbits. At 12, I got my first ...

Association of paleopalynological data from the Nanxiong Basin, south China, and late Paleocene niche expansion in endemic Asian fossil mammals.