Hamilton's rule, introduced in the 1960s, says that altruism—helping others at your own expense—can evolve when the benefits ...

A well-known Maya stone carving known as Altar Q, located at the site of Copán in Honduras, may use hand signs to represent ...

When an animal parent has a child, both will belong to the same species. Humans beget humans, combfish beget combfish, and ...

Researchers have uncovered an unusual survival strategy in Iberian harvester ants that turns basic biology on its head: The ...

Saving reproductive tissue from kids treated for cancer before adolescence could give them a chance at having biological children later in life.

In the march of metastasis, a molecular trail of crumbs guides some cancer cells from the primary tumor to establish new ...

Studies show parents are more likely to have bigger families when kids are the same gender, creating patterns that look ...

Despite their fundamental differences, plants, animals, and fungi share certain metabolic processes. Biologists at the U.S.

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In this week’s edition of Science for All newsletter, Vasudevan Mukunth explains a study that allowed researchers to see ...

Three new members joined the meat science program in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Animal Science on Aug. 1.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, it’s time for the Fuzzstival, Fluff fest, Danehy Park Family ...