Female velvet ants roam exposed ground for hours, seemingly defenseless without wings, yet predators almost universally refuse to eat them. The reason involves five overlapping survival strategies so ...

Scientists and authorities are increasingly calling for help from citizen scientists to track species and changes.

Dogs are humans' best friends in many places across the globe. But does a dog in New York City respond in the same way as a ...

A couple of miles south of the main quad at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a remarkable agricultural experiment ...

Scientists are uncovering how loneliness, social touch and brain circuitry drive our need for human connection.

Dogs] have different relationships in different places of the world, and so when we approach understanding dogs as a species, we do so from this narrow perspective of Western culture,” said Espinosa, ...

A new breakthrough pushes the limits of randomness, bringing a decades-old mathematical mystery closer to resolution ...

Public toilets have existed since Roman times, when privacy wasn't particularly valued. A visit to the lavatory was generally ...

If you keep up with where the next SpaceX or Blue Origin rocket is headed, you are probably familiar with NASA’s Double ...

In January 2011, the University of South Florida and the United States Department of Health and Human Services (the cognizant Federal audit agency) entered into a facilities and administrative cost ...

In addition to our demographic research, you can also read more details on our U.S. and international survey research. One key aspect of Pew Research Center’s agenda is the exploration of key ...