Live-In Grandparents Helped Human Ancestors Get a Safer Night’s Sleep Study of hunter-gatherers suggests variation in sleep may have helped our ancestors survive the night DURHAM, N.C. -- A sound night’s sleep grows more elusive as people get older. But what...
Microbes Give Meerkat Gangs Their Signature Scents Their musky odor comes from the action of bacteria. DURHAM, N.C. -- Body odor. To some it's an embarrassing nuisance. But to meerkats, it's...
Researchers Identify Genes That Help Trout Find Their Way Home Study pinpoints genes to navigate by Earth’s magnetic field DURHAM, N.C. -- In the spring when water temperatures start to rise, rainbow trout that have...
Building a Virtual Ark for Lemurs X-ray scanning immortalizes endangered primates in the digital afterlife, in 3-D DURHAM, N.C. -- If you're a medical student, obtaining a human cadaver for learning anatomy...
Mating Mix-Up With Wrong Fly Lowers Libido for Mr. Right Sexually confused invasive flies may send native species into decline DURHAM, N.C. -- If you’ve ever suffered through a nightmare date and were hesitant to try...
Jumping Genes Suspected in Alzheimer's Mechanism might explain initial stages of neurodegenerative disease DURHAM, N.C. -- The latest round of failed drug trials for Alzheimer’s has researchers...
People Far From Urban Lights, Bright Screens Still Skimp on Sleep Rural farmers in Madagascar make up for lost slumber with a more regular sleep routine DURHAM, N.C. -- Screen time before bed can mess with your sleep. But people without TV and...
Model Shows Female Beauty Isn’t Just Sex Appeal In animals, male and female beauty evolve by different rules DURHAM, N.C. -- Female beauty may have less to do with attracting the opposite sex than...
Why Baboon Males Resort to Domestic Violence Scarcity drives some baboon males to attack and kill infants of their own kind DURHAM, N.C. -- ”Desperate times lead to desperate measures,” so the saying goes,...
Genetic Opposites Attract When Chimpanzees Choose a Mate Chimps can tell genetically similar mates from more distant ones DURHAM, N.C. -- When it comes to hookups in the animal world, casual sex is common among...
