The biologists determined that city-dwelling North American raccoons (Procyon lotor) have snouts that are 3.5% shorter than ...

The idea of artificially lowering the planet’s temperature is gaining supporters and hitting political opposition.

A growing fascination with raccoons on social media — and new scientific research suggesting the animals are becoming physically “cuter” — may be fueling their rise as unconventional household ...

Raccoons are developing pet-like features, with Scientific American citing a peer-reviewed study that found urban raccoons ...

Women's neurology is an evolving field dedicated to incorporating sex and gender considerations into neurological education, research and care. Despite some ...

The shorter faces of these city-dwelling trash bandits offer a telltale sign of domestication and line up with a leading ...

Raccoons across US cities are showing physical signs of domestication. SF's masked bandits may be following the same ...

Raccoons may be taking steps toward domestication, according to a new study that suggests urban life is subtly reshaping the ...

In a shift, the tech companies are expected to pay at least some of the costs of building and operating the hardware, rather ...

They still talk about their commitment to excellence, their great achievements, their leadership of the world of science, but they lament the damage that President Trump has inflicted, is inflicting, ...

At the dawning of the British Empire in 1818, the romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley penned a memorable sonnet freighted with foreboding about the ...

When people think of the Antarctic, they tend to think of a frozen, white barren wasteland, not an ideal nesting ground for a ...