Biology

A person-centric scientific conference demonstrates that gathering can counter the isolation of underrepresentation

In a new nature documentary about matriarchal species, the males are mostly absent

An elite athlete’s metabolism mostly looks different from that of a person with COVID—but their occasional similarities can reveal important insights into health and disease

Periodical cicadas have a clever hack to help them figure out when to emerge after more than a decade underground

Rat remains from shipwrecks and dig sites show how two rodent species duked it out in eastern North America

Eclipses can affect animals, and biologists are preparing to see what happens during totality on April 8.

Unique patterns of neuron activation help tiny birds catalog thousands of scattered food caches

Mucus is a miracle of evolution, and some researchers are trying to re-create what nature makes naturally.

When the moon fully eclipses the sun, it’s not just the sky that changes. Your eyes do, too

The slimy substance is so powerful that doctors once made hog stomach mucus milkshakes to treat ulcers.

“Resident” and “transient” killer whales, or orcas, have unique hunting habits and genetics, proving they are in fact separate species

Scientists are finally getting their hands on enough data to begin to understand how animals react to a total solar eclipse