European-Americans are less genetically diverse and have more potentially harmful genetic variations than African-American populations, according to a new study.
Swallowing handfuls of soil before or after eating certain leaves helps chimps in Uganda "self medicate" against the parasite that causes malaria, a new study suggests.
Saving the unusual marsupial's habitat requires cooperation from everyone—right down to the rare animals themselves, scientists in Papua New Guinea find.
Ape researchers are exposing their wild subjects to fatal respiratory diseases, a new study says. But researchers also offer the animals protection from poaching.
The hairless, finger-size animals' numbness to acidic burning sensations could help scientists in their quest to help humans in pain, a new study says.
Fish farms currently provide sustainable populations of fish for eating, but fish raised in open-net farms can spread disease and parasites to wild fish.
A combination of gene manipulation and severe calorie restriction has extended the life of yeast cells tenfold. Now scientists are studying related mutations in Ecuadorians that may hold hope for human treatments.
Some of the dogs confiscated during a police raid on property owned by NFL quarterback Michael Vick have been placed in a new home in Utah, where they are undergoing rehabilitation.
The suspected carcinogens were reported in the animals' fat, but experts say a direct link between the chemicals and the devils' mysterious facial cancer is unlikely.
Microbes immune to commonly used antibiotics have been found inside birds in remote tundra, a new study says, a sign that resistance has spread deep into nature.
