In 2004, a remarkable life-saving public-private health project began on Equatorial Guinea’s Bioko Island, off the coast of ...

A global biopharma is fighting malaria in endemic countries through partnerships that harness R&D, broaden access to ...

An Austrian site occupied by humans from around 24,000 to 20,000 years ago documents a switch towards hunting reindeer for ...

A fossilised 113-million-year-old hell ant from Brazil adds to the evidence that the first ants evolved in the southern ...

Exposing children with peanut allergy to proteins from the legume is an approved treatment to reduce the risk of allergic ...

A man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain was bitten by a big cat, probably in a gladiator arena, an analysis of his remains ...

People in the US are reading for pleasure less and less, despite it being linked to better sleep, improved mental health and ...

A carnivorous caterpillar species camouflages itself with dead insects so it can live safely alongside spiders, stalking ...

Scientists have found scour marks on the seabed made by giant icebergs about 18,000 years ago, and they could offer clues to ...

Last week astronomers reported hints of biological activity on a distant planet, but a re-analysis of their data suggests the claimed molecules may not be there at all ...

Mice overcame a Lyme disease infection after being given an antibiotic that is often used for pneumonia, and its effect on ...

With ice and permafrost thawing fast, nations are racing to exploit the Arctic's newly accessible treasures. Yet there are ...