Most of us light up at the taste of a sweet treat. But the response is heightened in overweight children, suggesting that they may be predisposed to crave more sugar.

About 116 million years ago, birds lost their choppers — joining other toothless creatures such as turtles and some mammals.

Living things transmit precise information through a constantly internal environment. UC San Diego researchers say they've found a principle that could explain how this can take place.

Berkeley Lab air quality scientists measure truck emissions at two busy San Francisco Bay Area locations.

Holley Moyes has spent the better part of two decades studying caves in Belize, but her interest isn’t just academic — it’s also helping to preserve the history of the Maya culture.

An analysis of 115 studies comparing organic and conventional farming finds that the crop yields of organic agriculture are higher than previously thought.

UC Irvine research: As warm ocean water rises up to melt them, glaciers around the Amundsen Sea are losing half a Mount Everest a year.

Fine art and late night comedy inspired the creators of the winning entries.

As the majestic birds return from the brink of extinction, the threat of lead poisoning persists, particularly for older, more independent condors.

It's all in the brain — a network that's key to analysis, memory retrieval, abstract thinking and problem-solving, and missing from other primates.

White-nose syndrome fungus can infect an entire bat colony during hibernation, but surviving bats are able to clear the infection after they become active again.

Livermore Lab research engineers are working on the world's first implantable neural device to help the brain restore memory.