Besides a few species of amphibians and reptiles, vertebrates cannot replace lost body parts. Except for deer, that is.
Each year, through a process called epimorphic regeneration, deer shed and replace …
A grisly discovery of more than 400 mutilated bodies in Mexico is turning history on its head. “Secrets of the Dead: Aztec Massacre” paints a new picture of the violent …
They aren’t the most beautiful of Earth’s creatures, but conservationists are determined to save these scavengers from extinction anyway. We’re talking about vultures, of course. In many cases, human action …
In the 1950s and ’60s Cabo Blanco, Peru was a mecca for fishing, both for food and for sport. There, the collision of two ocean currents created the perfect conditions …
Can exercises make you smarter? Can exercising make your brain more fit as well? The New York Times recently reported that a University of Michigan study showed that memory …
Even though the Meadowlands area of Northern New Jersey has had extensive environmental cleanup, a new bird study shows that many species still live with harmful levels of contaminants. …
The sea is a big place, and scientists are always discovering new things about its ecosystems. Recent research on the ocean’s absorption of CO2 has highlighted its fragility, and it …
Nature’s new documentary, “Superfish,” which premieres this Sunday at 8pm, follows marine biologist and filmmaker Rick Rosenthal across three oceans and more than two years on his quest to film the biggest, fastest, most dangerous gamefish in the sea — the ancient and amazing creatures known as billfish.
Ever since the ‘breast cancer’ gene BRCA was identified, women who have the gene have struggled with decisions of how that affects their bodies and futures. The two profiled below …
