Across the planet, scientists are cataloging life at a pace that would have been unthinkable a generation ago. New species ...

Tanning bed users are known to have a higher risk of skin cancer, but for the first time researchers have found that young ...

The textbook version of human evolution has long held that Homo erectus was the pioneering species to venture beyond Africa's borders around 1.8 million years ago. However, new analysis of five skulls ...

In the last decade, archaeologists have learned to read the genetic traces that ancient humans and Neanderthals left not only ...

The woman says her husband’s refusal to get life insurance, even after doctors raised concerns tied to genetic cancer risks, ...

Cats have long been a part of American households, and in recent years their popularity has only grown. In communities across Pennsylvania, cats are valued not just as pets but as companions with ...

A pioneering study has found that an individualized approach to breast cancer screening that assesses patients' risk, rather ...

Colorectal cancer — which includes cancer of the colon and of the rectum — is considered early onset when diagnosed in people ...

In the Middle Ages, a plague killed a third of Europe's population. Fleas carried the plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, ...

Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to ...

A recent study has shown that the human ancestral DNA plays a crucial role in defining an individual's longevity.