Native to the arctic waters of the northern hemisphere, the Bowhead whale can live for centuries, and now scientists think ...

For pregnant women, this sacred peace often brings fear. Once they approach their due date, they must leave the village, ...

Challenging a long-standing assumption regarding the adult brain, recent research has demonstrated that individuals can ...

Genetic tweaks allowed early humans to stand, balance and walk on two legs instead of moving on all fours like other primates, according to researchers.

Humans have long experimented with nature, bending evolution to serve aesthetics, science, and curiosity. Some animals have ...

Two small genetic changes reshaped the human pelvis, setting our early ancestors on the path to upright walking, scientists say.

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. Travel involves two main expenditures of energy: fighting gravity and propelling ...

Her discoveries as a primatologist in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behave in the wild were hailed as “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.” via Jane Goodall InstituteCredit ...

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden welcomed a baby gorilla to the world over the weekend. The zoo says 12-year-old gorilla Gladys gave birth to her first baby on Saturday. Both Gladys and the baby ...

His innovations, including homelike delivery rooms and birthing pools, were based on his belief that “human birth cannot work as long as a woman is thinking.” By Adam Nossiter Michel Odent, a French ...

An iguana at a zoo in the United Kingdom has given birth despite never having mated with a male, according to staff at the facility, who have hailed the "virgin birth" as "one of the rarest events in ...