In Jerusalem recently, I spotted a brilliant yellow rose and longed to know its origin. It had wound its way up a giant yucca (Yucca gigantea/elephantipes), and some of its flowers extruded from the ...

Live Science spoke with Herman Pontzer, an evolutionary anthropologist and author of the book "Adaptable," about the science of human diversity.

When you write an occasional column, you think about words. I like words. I try to find the right ones whether I’m talking or writing. Sometimes I succeed. In my last piece, there was this line. “It ...

A seismic shift in the selection pressures acting on humans may have brought us to a major turning point in our evolutionary journey.

Behind the stillness of desert landscapes, cacti appear to be changing in unexpected ways. The cactus on your windowsill may ...

A tiny clump of moss discovered with the reburied remains helped investigators reconstruct what had happened. Researchers now ...

FDA’s NAM framework emphasizes context of use, human biological relevance, technical characterization, and fit-for-purpose ...

Two microscopic grains collide and produce a tiny spark. This phenomenon may have provided the energy to kick off life on Earth. But if these solid ...

Africa gave the world humanity. The world took almost everything else.” “Africa holds a substantial share of the resources that will sustain the ...

An international team of researchers from Africa and the United States identified a newly described species of psychedelic mushroom that is the closest known wild relative of P. cubensis.

This 11-pound fox survived 14 days on a cargo ship crossing the Atlantic. What happens to it next is complicated.