Recent research has unveiled that the pesky subway mosquitoes, often encountered in underground transit systems worldwide, ...

The research team first found the Arctic rhino fossil in the Haughton Crater on Devon Island, Nunavut, a fossil-rich lake ...

An international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The ...

Lead exposure may have spelled evolutionary success for humans—and extinction for our ancient cousins—but other scientists ...

Lead poisoning isn't just a modern phenomenon: fossil teeth show signs that it affected ancient hominids, and Homo sapiens ...

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...

New research has revealed how more upright limb postures helped ancient reptiles overcome the biomechanical constraints of ...

About 250 million years ago, as life was recovering from Earth’s greatest mass extinction, some reptiles began to change ...

National Reptile Awareness Day 2025 highlights how reptiles shape ecosystems; they show how nature balances under stress.

Lead is a powerful neurotoxin that disrupts the growth and function of both brain and body. There is no safe level of lead exposure, and even the smallest traces can impair memory, learning and ...