Identifying drugs to reduce the excessive expulsion of cells in the lung lining could reduce the damage of chronic asthma.

The new low-tech transportation method could help scientists in Africa assess if malaria-carrying mosquitoes are resistant to a common insecticide.

Decreased protection from cosmic radiation may have increased oxygen levels in the atmosphere and oceans, allowing animals to grow larger.

Mars Sample Return and missions to study other planets and celestial bodies, including lunar efforts, face big cuts and delays.

A volcanic eruption at Yellowstone is unlikely anytime soon, but evidence is growing that a violent hydrothermal, or steam, explosion is possible.

Maya Ajmera, President & CEO of Society for Science and Executive Publisher of Science News, chatted with Erika Ebbel Angle, CEO and cofounder of Ixcela, a biotech company improving health outcomes ...

The discovery of sympathetic nervous system cells in lampreys draws a closer tie between the animal and complex vertebrates — such as humans.

When dice snakes fake their death to avoid predators, those that use a combination of blood, poop and musk spend less time pretending to be dead.

Land managers in the western United States are using potential operational delineations, or PODS, to prepare for — and take advantage of — wildfires.

Researchers have created a visual encyclopedia of the different expressions that belugas ( Delphinapterus leucas) in captivity seem to make with their highly mobile “melon,” a squishy deposit of fat ...

Ultrathin goldene sheets could reduce the amount of gold needed for electronics and certain chemical reactions.

Little is known of how teens learn about emotions online and then use that knowledge to cope with social uncertainty during in-person encounters.