The possible health effects of radiofrequency waves emitted by cell phones has been a subject of debate for decades ...

Dr. Mattson (Clint Eastwood) fumbles through his rat experiment as the team prepares to transport the Gill-Man across state ...

Trash pandas’ talent for escaping via lab vents may frustrate researchers, but their problem-solving skills make their brains ...

Rat eye boggling: discover how evolutionary dental maintenance (tooth grinding) turned into a social signal for relaxation.

Attackers use a sophisticated delivery mechanism for RAT deployment, a clever way to bypass defensive tools and rely on the ...

Evolutionary biologist Pamela Yeh and animal domestication expert Raffaela Lesch join Host Flora Lichtman to discuss how ...

Eating less may rewire aging muscles in surprisingly different ways for males and females. A new study shows that cutting calorie intake triggers sweeping changes in the proteins of rat skeletal ...

We expel carbon dioxide as waste. Naked mole rats bathe their brains in it to prevent seizures. The unique animals thrive underground but cannot handle the lack of carbon dioxide above. Trump signals ...

National Geographic Explorer Paolo Verzone provides a rare peek inside a stellarator, an experiment that aims to give the world near-limitless clean energy. When in operation, this space inside the ...

The ecological transformation of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) has become among the most paradigmatic yet contested case studies in environmental archaeology. Central to this debate is the role of the ...

When Polynesian explorers landed on Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, around 1200 C.E., they found nearly 20 million palm trees; by the time Dutch explorers arrived in 1722, they found only ...