Biology

Americans love mail-in test kits that promise to track down relatives and pin our family origins around the globe. But, what about data privacy and dark generational secrets?

Winter storms, heavy snow, and ice can damage trees, arborists say.

The first fish to crawl onto land 375 million years ago was discovered in 2004. It became a media darling. Now, for the first time, you can see it in person.

A thousand birds died in Chicago in just one day last week. What's being done to prevent bird strikes in Philly? And, efforts to ban gas-powered leaf blowers are on the rise.

One biomedical company agreed to more oversight, and a regulatory group is paving the way for drug companies to use animal-free alternatives.

After a controversial decision to rethink its collection of medical pathologies, the Mütter will launch a 2-year public discussion about human remains.

Princeton University biologist and host of the PBS show, "Human Footprint," Shane Campbell-Staton on our connection to the natural world and how we are transforming it.

This episode holds the best of the summer. Rick Steves joins us to talk about how to travel, a biologist tells us why we need to love sharks and Amos Lee plays live music.

They say 55-year-old Cedric Lodge stole dissected portions of cadavers that were donated to the Harvard Medical School from 2018 to early 2023.

Payne saw the discovery of whale song as a chance to spur interest in saving the giant animals, who were disappearing from the planet.

One day after the primaries, what do we know about the outcome of the election, voter turnout and the issues at stake? Plus, red knits return to the Delaware Bay beaches.

The act of "reaching for a cup of coffee" has scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis finding previously overlooked active areas of the brain.

The blooming trees are a sign it's time to evaluate how well your trees survived the winter, says one local arborist.

The region’s warmer-than-usual winter, with an abundance of “growing degree” days, has led to plantlife being three weeks ahead of schedule.