New archaeological findings challenge the long-standing theory of a plague causing the abandonment of Akhetaten, Egypt's ...

For example, some birds of prey did not conform to the male ... sexual selection and the cost of reproduction relate to the sex differences in life expectancy. One theory, the sexual selection ...

Meanwhile, many birds are monogamous, which means males may live longer in part due to lower competition. Males and females ...

In most mammals, females live longer than males, but in birds the trend goes the other way – a study of over 1000 species ...

The researchers also found that the sex most involved in raising offspring tends to have a greater lifespan. In longer-lived ...

Peacock males display their magnificent plumage, lion males fight bloody battles for a pride–and both pay for it with years ...

Behavioral science has influenced and shaped policies and business practices for years. For its insights to be more effective ...

Across mammal species, from baboons and gorillas up to humans, females usually live longer than the males do. However, this ...

As humanity progresses through time, there’s a growing curiosity about how much longer we have on this planet. While we ...

It’s the diagnosis that everyone dreads. Motor neurone disease (MND) is a progressive and, as yet, incurable illness that ...

Prof. Joel Mokyr has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics together with two other economists - Philippe Aghion and Peter ...

An hourlong press conference about autism was filled with false and misleading claims about the condition and vaccines from ...