Adult finches make "heat calls" as the temperature rises. Exposure to the song prepares their unhatched young's brains for the heat.

Vaccination remains the priority, but some researchers are looking for drugs to fight the virus in people who don't get the shot.

First dreamed up decades ago, the world's first nuclear clocks are set to improve quickly, becoming more precise and aiding the hunt for dark matter.

Using smartphone-based tools, researchers find that older adults’ recollections of past events may remain more intact than previously thought.

A guideline treats heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes and obesity as connected conditions under one umbrella: CKM syndrome.

Well-known microbes that grow on our crops, our gardens, even our skin have been found thriving at two to three times the flying height of a commercial jetliner.

Over time, immune cells acquire mutations that promote atherosclerosis. Lifestyle changes may offset these DNA glitches, new mouse data suggest.

In a first, researchers genetically modified hookworms. It’s a step toward turning the parasites into living pharmacies.

DNA preserved in ancient scat reveals what Yukon ground squirrels ate and what animals shared their world.

During courtship, male scissor-tailed nightjars crack their wings together to make a sharp snapping sound. It's the result of colliding arm bones.

A new analysis of a 120-million-year-old fossil suggests at least one pterosaur species shimmered in iridescent greens and magentas.

In a clinical trial, an experimental antibody reduced lean-mass loss in people on a GLP-1 drug. Whether that improves health is unclear.

The result is correct but challenges core norms of mathematics: checking proofs, crediting ideas and keeping research open to everyone.

Over more than a decade at Mars, the orbiter revealed how the solar wind strips away the planet’s atmosphere — and why the world lost its water.

A shrimp vaccine for commercial use could protect the environment and prove vaccines aren’t just for vertebrates.

The deep-sea octopus is fully mature despite fitting in a palm, a trait researchers think may help it reproduce faster than larger relatives.

Making social connection part of job design, whether people work remotely, hybrid or in-person, is key to supporting employees‘ well-being.

With no training, bumblebees can work out how to use a ball like a ladder to feed on sugar from an out-of-reach flower.

New observations suggest the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way’s core is blowing gas away from the central behemoth.

Queen-cell wax helps shape honeybee queen development, challenging the idea that royal jelly alone makes a queen, a new study suggests.