It's that time of year again – and my personal favorite corner of science to look back on – when we recap the many ...

Find out which animals live the longest and what clues this gives us for potentially slowing down human aging.

Winter is hard, and for wildlife in Colorado, it's even harder. To survive, many species have developed adaptations over ...

Medical experiments on research dogs could be phased out soon — a change that’s based as much on science as ethics. Pressure is coming from within the scientific community as well as from activists, ...

If Santa and his sleigh traveled at 10% the speed of light, Rudolph’s nose would be blueshifted to look orange as he ...

Four new portraits have gone up at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, showcasing this year’s recipients of the ...

One ocean-dwelling creature found in many tropic waters is known to be able to reserve its own life cycle, cheating death.

Animals that navigate extreme conditions and environments have evolved to sleep in extreme ways — for example, stealing seconds at a time during around-the-clock parenting, getting winks on the wing ...

Long before whales and sharks, enormous marine reptiles dominated the oceans with unmatched power. Scientists have ...

Animals that navigate extreme conditions and environments have evolved to sleep in extreme ways. For a long time, scientists ...

"As seasons shift and weather turns colder, organisms experience significant physiological challenges," Haussmann says. "In my lab, we study the physiological and molecular underpinnings of aging and ...