Studies are showing that “good bacteria” can help us handle stress better, regulate emotion, even stay motivated and hopeful. It turns out the gut, in fact, has a direct comms channel to the brain.

A team of researchers used African striped mice to measure the blood-stress effects of rising global temperatures.

A team of scientists from EPFL and Alaska Pacific University has developed an AI program that can recognize individual bears ...

When the weather gets cold in Florida, gators stop eating and iguanas start dropping. How do low temps affect the invasive ...

Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History investigated old specimens that had been at the museum for decades and ...

Once written off as extinct, the silver-backed chevrotain forces scientists to confront how much of biodiversity still lives ...

Decades of evidence link foxes and feral cats with extinctions of Australian mammals. Claims these introduced predators aren’t responsible don’t stack up.

Mickey Mouse endures because he fits our evolved need for safe faces, shared stories, and imagination, helping us regulate ...

“I will never forget that moment. I called out to the others. The little shrew looked like something we had only seen once ...

A mouse scurries up to six chestnuts. Three look healthy. Three have exit holes where moth larvae ate the insides before they left. What does the mouse do? For two years, Nagoya University researchers ...

Colossal Biosciences’ new holiday video reimagines a classic Christmas poem with a fluffy, scientific twist Colossal Biosciences debuted a wintry-themed short film starring its woolly mouse ...