Tiny, cold-blooded animals like flies depend on their environment to regulate body temperature, making them ideal "canaries ...

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

Using two species of flies from different climates -- one from the cool, high-altitude forests of Northern California, the other hailing from the hot, dry deserts of the Southwest -- scientists ...

Scientists studied flies to understand why insect populations are disappearing and how they adapt to temperature and climate ...

This research may help predict how climate change will impact insect distribution and behavior. Tiny cold-blooded animals ...

Malaysia has been an important piece of puzzle to the global map of peopling and migration history ... geography to better understand the origins and evolution of both individual genetic variants and ...

For those seeking quirky attractions, the Koester House Museum and Gardens reaches peak appeal in spring. This perfectly preserved Victorian mansion opens its formal gardens to visitors, showcasing ...

It’s alive and breathing in the 19th-century buildings that line the streets—structures that have witnessed America’s westward expansion, the Civil War, and countless Missouri springs just like the ...

Researchers from the University of New Hampshire looked at the developmental process of the cerebral cortex—the outermost ...

Scientists report that a fossil of a partial face from a early human ancestor in Spain is between 1.1 and 1.4 million years ...

These findings challenge the long-held narrative about migration into and out of North Africa before and during the Neolithic ...

Face bones unearthed in a cave suggest that members of our genus, Homo, reached northern Spain as early as 1.4 million years ago.