CRISPR-based technology is advancing rapidly, driving international competition. Its promise to transform medicine is colliding with political and social realities, even as applications expand.

As long as one sees only the body, true understanding is hidden. Only through the light of wisdom does one see the Self in ...

W ander into the wrong bit of forest in Gabon’s Lopé National Park and you could find yourself surrounded by a troop of over ...

A new study shows that saliva has been evolving quickly, especially in primates, through gene duplications, losses, and ...

The 2025 Nature’s Best Photography Awards captured animals in their most comical moments. But beneath the humor lies ...

From grooming rituals to soaking in hot baths, Japan’s snow monkeys blur the line between animal instinct and human-like behavior. This exploration uncovers the biology, social intelligence, and ...

In a recently published, PNAS study, professor Andreas Neider and his team found that crows and rhesus macaques take mental shortcuts.

Three aggressive monkeys still on the loose after a truck hauling 21 of the animals from Tulane University in New Orleans flipped on a Mississippi interstate Tuesday. They are part of a controversial ...

A recent study proposes a new paradigm for understanding the role of carrion in the subsistence of human populations throughout their evolution. Ana Mateos and Jesús Rodríguez, scientists at the ...

For decades, small grooves on ancient human teeth were thought to be evidence of deliberate tool use – people cleaning their teeth with sticks or fibers, or easing gum pain with makeshift “toothpicks” ...