Nearly 200 Great Barrier Reef coral species also live in the deep sea

There are more coral species lurking in the deep ocean that previously thought. That could be…

See these dazzling images of a growing mouse embryo

A new microscope creates intimate home movies of mice embryos taking shape, and could shed light…

50 years ago, a flu pandemic spurred vaccine research

A half-century after the Hong Kong flu pandemic, scientists are getting closer to a universal vaccine.

Cheese found in an Egyptian tomb is at least 3,200 years old

Solid cheese preserved in an ancient Egyptian tomb may be the world’s oldest.

A ghost gene leaves ocean mammals vulnerable to some pesticides

Manatees, dolphins and other warm-blooded marine animals can't break down organophosphates due to genetic mutations that…

Privacy and consumer genetic testing don’t always mix

Interested in taking a direct-to-consumer genetic test? Here are some things you should know.