Madhav Gadgil made transformative contributions to ecological science in India by systematically integrating mathematics into ...

In a study published in Nature Immunology on January 6, a research team led by Prof. Qian Youcun from the Shanghai Institute ...

With copper-blue blood prized by modern medicine and a body plan older than dinosaurs, the horseshoe crab reveals how ancient ...

Tadeo Ramirez-Parada studied the timing of plant flowering for his PhD — but he didn’t touch a single petal. Instead, he ...

Humans have undoubtedly bred cats to create certain breeds, but did any of these feline breeds emerge naturally?

For well over a century, Darwin’s theory of natural selection has served as biology’s grand unifying framework, explaining how species adapt and evolve through the differential replication of randomly ...

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia will decrease its hours and eliminate several staff positions this week, the museum president said. Starting this week, the museum ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Starting this week, Drexel University’s Academy of Natural Sciences will cut back its ...

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is reducing its operating hours, citing low visitation rates that have not returned to pre-pandemic levels, federal funding cuts to museums and an ...

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University will reduce its operating hours from five days a week to weekend hours only, starting this week. Beginning Oct. 1, the science institution will ...

This year’s 16 newcomers deepen the college’s bench in a wide range of areas, including artificial intelligence, cosmology, ecology, obesity, human relationships and materials science. Each year, the ...

Scientists have discovered that a gene called MUC19, inherited from Denisovans through ancient interbreeding, may have played a vital role in helping Indigenous ancestors adapt as they migrated into ...