Another agile, cat-like animal, the large-spotted genet sports dark spots and stripes on its greyish-white, elongated body. Its most outstanding feature is its ringed, black-tipped tail, which ...

Pricey civet coffee gets its cred from its journey through the mammal’s gut, which changes the content of fat, protein, fatty acids — and even caffeine.

Scientists are finding out how coffee beans are transformed when they pass through the guts of Asian palm civets in the hope ...

Two authors from ETH Zurich and RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau have concluded that the rapid production and distribution of chemicals in the environment means that regulatory risk assessment can no longer ...

The Donmar Warehouse has released rehearsal photos of Jean Genet’s The Maids. The creative team for The Maids includes Rosanna Vize (set design), Marg Horwell (costume design), Jon Clark (lighting ...

A mid-60s year-old neighbor is convinced he only has a handful of years left to live. “My parents both died in their early 70s,” he often says. “My genetics are definitely against me.” While he might ...

CHICAGO — I’m no Bryan Johnson, but I was feeling pretty confident when I strolled into the Northwestern Medicine Human Longevity Clinic in July. I’ve taken several aging tests over the past year to ...

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. "Human evolution seems to be changing ...

EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. — The first day of school at Genet Elementary School was filled with enthusiasm and smiles. Principal Wayne Grignon was well prepared for the first day, and he knew his staff and ...

One of the rarest sharks in the world has turned up in Papua New Guinea, some 50 years after it was last reported. A whole new world of tiny beings challenges fundamental ideas of life Adorned with a ...

The genome of a small, remarkable sea horse offers a surprising lesson in nature’s creativity. Origins The genome of a small, remarkable sea horse offers a surprising lesson in nature’s creativity.

New University of Colorado Boulder-led research, published this month in the journal Nature Genetics, sheds light on why that is. In it, an international team of co-authors identify more than 400 ...