Superagers retain sharp minds into their 80s and beyond, defying the idea that cognitive decline is inevitable as we age.

A review of studies on fecal transplants alleviating symptoms of depression has found the treatment works best when the packages of helpful microbes are delivered straight to our gut through our butts ...

A new exoplanet candidate has just burst onto the scene, and it may be one of the best alien worlds yet on which to search for extraterrestrial life.

Social media and lifestyle magazines have turned gluten – a protein in wheat, rye, and barley – into a dietary villain.

North Atlantic right whales are said to have received their name because historically, they were the 'right' whales for ...

Colubrid snakes, such as the mangrove snake ( Boiga dendrophila ), which have fangs farther back in their mouths, lunged ...

A clinical trial testing a diabetes medication and an insulin nasal spray has found that both drugs, in combination and alone ...

New guidelines on what to eat and drink if you have chronic (long-term) constipation have been making news in recent days.

Rising seas threaten millions of lives and livelihoods in coastal regions, along with untold swaths of vital infrastructure.

About 66 million years ago, a herd of herbivorous dinosaurs succumbed to drought – tragically, just hours or days before ...

The world's most expensive coffee comes from the rear end of a small mammal from South Asia known as an Asian common palm ...

A 13-year-old boy in New Zealand has had part of his bowel surgically removed after he ingested nearly 200 high-powered ...