These underground rodents are the first mammals found to actively choose air with lower-than-normal oxygen levels. Their ...

Tom Farquhar planted several large plots of beneficial flowers around his vegetable farm in Montgomery County, Maryland. Once a conventional corn and soybean farm, the idea was to control pests at the ...

First, no one is sure why we, or any other animal, dream. During the past century, however, scientists have made significant progress in understanding the factors that influence sleep and dreaming.

Huge die-offs of elephant seals occurred after the virus gained nearly 20 troublesome new mutations, scientists found. By Apoorva Mandavilli Elephant seals in South America died in massive numbers ...