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Credit: Carla Schaffer / AAAS Bats have long captured the imaginations of scientists and engineers with their unrivaled agility and maneuvering characteristics, achieved by functionally...

Credit: Nalani Schnell, MNHN Some deep-sea fishes have a head joint that may enable them to open their mouths wide for consuming large prey, according...

Credit: Carolyn Kovacs Bottlenose dolphins near Savannah, Georgia are split into social groups according to whether or not they forage behind commercial shrimp trawlers, according...

Credit: Image: courtesy Professor John Fuerst A University of Queensland-led international study has discovered a new type of bacterial structure which has previously only been...

Loading video... Credit: Nalani Schnell, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Scientists with the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and the French Muséum national d'Hi..

Credit: Alexine Keuroghlian The number of vampire bats, which transmit rabies and are a concern for livestock breeders, may be increasing in Brazil and the...

Loading video... Credit: University of Sussex An international team, led by a scientist from the University of Sussex, have today unveiled the first practical blueprint...

Credit: ORNL OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 1, 2017 -- Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have set a new record in...

DENVER - Elderly non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients undergoing definitive radiation have a lower incidence of esophagitis compared to younger patients and tolerate aggressive...

Credit: Joshua A. Anderson and James Antonaglia, University of Michigan Snow falls in winter and melts in spring, but what drives the phase change in...

Credit: Courtesy of Colin Ophus and Florian Nickel In the world of the very tiny, perfection is rare: virtually all materials have defects on the...

Credit: (C) 2017, The Health in Aging Foundation As we age, we tend to develop a number of chronic health conditions and concerns. Often, managing...

Scientists have identified new ways to provide vaccines against polio, which do not require the growth of live virus for their manufacture. Despite the success...

Credit: Jennifer O'Leary Climate-driven disturbances are having profound impacts on coastal ecosystems, with many crucial habitat-forming species in sharp decline. However, among these degraded..

Credit: Thomas Stefaniak. The small but mighty chickpea packs a dietary and environmental punch. They are an important source of nutrition, especially protein, for billions...