The wildlife rehabilitation exhibit will provide visitors – through one-way glass -- with a unique opportunity to observe waterfowl in their final stages of rehabilitation. New pathways, green space ...

Simple nature-based activities can reduce stress, sharpen focus, and improve mental health—no wilderness or special gear required.

The subject area represents the next stage of the database’s evolution, and heralds other proposed changes to journal selection and article categorization. The first Nature Index tables in the applied ...

It sounded more like a lark than a scientific study when a handful of Japanese researchers set out to discover whether something special--and clinically ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While many 'mysterious' natural phenomena have been unraveled by science, there remain a few that sit stubbornly outside our ...

Smithsonian scientists strive to understand the natural world from plants to planets. We work to save endangered species and conserve biodiversity, explore the Earth’s geological past and present, and ...

Researchers have cracked the code behind how plants make mitraphylline, a rare cancer-fighting molecule. Their discovery of two critical enzymes explains how nature builds complex spiro-shaped ...

The scientific journal Nature wants to show people the nitty gritty of academic publishing. In a Monday editorial, the journal announced it would include peer review files with the papers it publishes ...

Although the latest data predate the current Trump administration, observers warn that funding cuts will accelerate the rate of China’s gain. China’s contribution to world-class science is advancing ...

The Colorado Museum of Natural History started out in 1900 with the Edwin Carter Collection of taxidermied birds and mammals, plus some butterflies, moths and crystallized gold, in a modest display in ...