This week in science: the generational effects of nuclear radiation discovered in the children of Chernobyl cleanup workers; ...

The concept of pooping while floating in microgravity sounds like a logistical nightmare, but for the almost 300 astronauts ...

A small coral reef fish can recognize itself in a mirror. This discovery challenges long-held ideas about animal intelligence ...

For many animals, siblings are a key component of their social environment during early life. Previous research has shown ...

Many fish appear to hang effortlessly in the water while they wait for prey, defend a nest or pause between bursts of activity. But our research shows that this quiet stillness is anything but ...

After University of California, Berkeley graduate student Aleksey Maro and integrative biologist Robert Dudley discovered that the boozy fruits chimpanzees eat is the equivalent of two standard ...

A urinalysis shows that these apes ingest significant amounts of alcohol, providing new clues to how alcohol influences the animals’ behavior ...

Stuck in pur-gut-tory? Several factors can contribute to constipation, from certain supplements and vitamins to dehydration ...

The yellow-bellied slider is a semiaquatic turtle, native to southeastern United States, where it is the most common turtle species. As the name suggests, they have a yellow belly that is buried under ...