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A new study shows that dogs and cats may be helping an invasive flatworm spread. Researchers analyzing over a decade of reports discovered the worm attached to pet fur. Its sticky mucus and ability to reproduce alone make it highly adaptable. Pets .. ...

Scientists are launching an ambitious global effort to map the "human exposome" -- the lifelong mix of environmental and chemical exposures that drive most diseases. Backed by new partnerships with governments, UNESCO, and international science ...

A remarkable Roman mosaic found in Rutland turns out to tell a forgotten version of the Trojan War. Rather than Homer's famous epic, it reflects a lost Greek tragedy by Aeschylus, featuring vivid scenes of Achilles and Hector. Its artistic patterns . ...

Sixty thousand years ago, humans in southern Africa were already mastering nature's chemistry. Scientists have discovered chemical traces of poison from the deadly gifbol plant on ancient quartz arrowheads found in South Africa -- the oldest direct . ...

Long before agriculture, humans were transforming Europe's wild landscapes. Advanced simulations show that hunting and fire use by Neanderthals and Mesolithic hunter-gatherers reshaped forests and grasslands in measurable ways. By reducing ...

A new scientific review challenges the headline-grabbing claim that Yellowstone's returning wolves triggered one of the strongest trophic cascades on Earth. Researchers found that the reported 1,500% surge in willow growth was based on circular ...

Scientists studying a rock sample collected by NASA's Curiosity rover have uncovered something tantalizing: the largest organic molecules ever detected on Mars. The compounds -- decane, undecane, and dodecane -- may be fragments of fatty acids, which ...

Coral reefs, worth an estimated $9.8 trillion a year to humanity, are in far worse shape than previously realized. A massive international study found that during the 2014-2017 global marine heatwave, more than half of the world's reefs suffered ...

Even when Earth was locked in its most extreme deep freeze, the planet's climate may not have been as silent and still as once believed. New research from ancient Scottish rocks reveals that during Snowball Earth -- when ice sheets reached the ...

For the first time, deadly H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed as the cause of a wildlife die-off in Antarctica, killing more than 50 skuas during the 2023-2024 summers. Researchers on an Antarctic expedition found the virus ravaging these powerful ...