In mice, blood cell production occurs via strings and clusters of cells within the bone marrow that are responsible for producing specific blood cell types, according to a far-reaching study led by ...

In the past decade, a burst of research has debunked the unflattering reputation 19th-century scientists pinned on Neanderthals. We now know that they were creative, caring, and cognitively similar to ...

Researchers have identified the biological process of mineralization that occurs in a young coral that shifts from the plankton (swimming) stage to the 'settled' stage in which it forms the skeleton ...

New research was made about tobacco's effect on human skeletons, indicating that it leaves permanent marks on bones, even centuries after death. Scientists at Leicester University explored the ...

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to let scientists study one of the oldest skeletons ever found in North America. The ruling, which overturned a decision by government officials to give ...

Like many ancient artifacts, the tiny, bizarrely shaped Atacama skeleton was sold to a private collector soon after its 2003 discovery in Chile’s Atacama desert. Six inches long with an elongated head ...