Ancestral Menominee people in what’s now Michigan’s Upper Peninsula grew maize and other crops on large tracts of land despite harsh conditions.

Dehorning rhinos dramatically drops the poaching rate compared with other tactics, researchers report June 5 in Science. The researchers suggest that no other anti-poaching intervention — such as ...

Mice exposed to polystyrene nanoplastics developed problems in their guts and livers. It’s not yet clear if humans are similarly affected.

Seismic symphonies of minor earthquakes may affect grand movements on major faults.

Nashville Zoo flamingos reveal the oddball birds generate many types of vortices to eat. The swirls could be an inspiration to human engineers.

Spruce trees that experienced long-term droughts were more resistant to future ones, while pines acclimatized to wet periods were more vulnerable.

Parrots living in Sydney have learned how to turn on water fountains for a drink. It's the first such drinking strategy seen in the birds.

The personalized CRISPR treatment could be the future of gene therapy, but hurdles remain before everyone has access.

The Milky Way may merge with the Large Magellanic Cloud in 2 billion years, not Andromeda, contrary to previous findings.

A national survey finds that mothers of children ages 0 to 17 years report mental health declines from 2016 to 2023.

Muons’ magnetism causes them to wobble when traveling through a magnetic field. The Muon g−2 experiment (pronounced “g minus two”, the term used in equations to represent the anomalous magnetic moment ...

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