Fly about 2,600 light-years to Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Cygnus loop nebula. See images from 2001 and 2020. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI Acknowledgments: NSF's NOIRLab, Akira Fujii , Jeff ...

Dr. Manju Hingorani explains that while scientists have sequenced dire wolf DNA and used CRISPR to edit gray wolves' genes, true de-extinction remains impossible today. We still lack enough knowledge ...

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A Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher is developing a new class of medical adhesives by bringing together hydrogels and glue-like polymers to safely and reliably connect human tissues to ...

A new study suggests gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) can sense the level of oxygen in their blood and that the animals change their diving behavior in response. Seals can do many things humans can ...

Seals may be able to directly sense oxygen levels in their blood, an ability humans don't possess. A Scottish study reveals these marine mammals adjust their dives based on this vital parameter.

Chris McKnight has spent much of his career studying the physiology of seals. But in 2019, the ecologist decided to test a new instrument for gathering data underwater on another kind of swimming ...

Chris McKnight has spent much of his career studying the physiology of seals. But in 2019, the ecologist decided to test a new instrument for gathering data underwater on another kind of swimming ...

What do elite Navy SEALS, world-class free-divers, and marine mammals have in common? They all push the limits of breath-hold endurance — yet only one group evolved with the right warning system to ...

The National Science Foundation has provided funding for the first year of activities in a four-year agreement concerning a research vessel operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The funding ...

Senior scientists at the National Institutes of Health fear that research on conditions like obesity, heart disease and cancer will be undermined by President Trump’s policies. By Gina Kolata ...

Jockey Nick Scholfield feels Monbeg Genius has all the right attributes to produce a career-best effort in the Randox Grand National. The Jonjo and AJ O’Neill-trained chaser lost his form last ...