Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

As I settle into my chair beneath the 200-year-old mango tree, I find myself tracing the footsteps of General Obaidullah ... that would have made Russian nesting dolls envious. Seven birds, each ...

Biologists previously believed modern birds had evolved 20 million years later than the new evidence suggests.

is popping up all over the tree of life it has very useful implications for the individuals expressing them,” Martin said. “Whether it’s in birds-of-paradise that might be using it for ...

In February 2024, government veterinarians in the Czech Republic investigating a bird flu outbreak found themselves in the middle of a puzzling case. The highly pathogenic H5N1 virus was ...

Photo: Reuters ISTANBUL/CHICAGO -- Turkey has begun exporting around 15,000 tonnes of eggs to the United States as a devastating outbreak of bird flu is slashing U.S. production and sending prices ...

In his latest film, a teenage boy attempts to map out a family tree that his father is reluctant to share, and if you do any research into Perkins’ own family tree, you’ll turn up a rich web ...

Seattle satirist Maria Semple’s breakthrough novel is a flurry of contemporary, epistolary wit. Passive aggressive e-mail ...

Despite the team having an up-and-down year, star guard Tre Johnson has put together a big individual season. Johnson has played in 24 games this season. He has averaged 19.8 points per game to go ...

Katie Sampeck, a historian at the University of Reading, explores chocolate's cultural history, tracing its origins from ...