A recent report on global tipping points warned that coral reefs face widespread dieback and have reached a point from which they cannot recover.

A thin band of light from Cristian Lucanas's headlamp pierces the blackness of a Philippine rainforest as he digs through the underbrush before gently scooping up a cockroach with his bare ...

A rare cockroach expert who names new species after Tolkien's fictional creatures, Philippines scientist Christian Lucanas ...

Scientists may have been dramatically undercounting the number of vertebrate species on Earth. A large analysis of more than 300 studies suggests that for every recognized species of fish, bird, ...

Scientists have discovered that, far from being solitary insects, some cockroaches appear to form an exclusive bond with a partner. And how do they get this relationship off the ground? By eating each ...

I am in relatively good health for an 82-year-old male. For the past six years, I have been having trouble with an overactive bladder. I need to urinate at least every two hours. Often there is a ...

I am in relatively good health for an 82-year-old male. For the past six years, I have been having trouble with an overactive ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My son, age 52, had recent lab results showing that his Lipoprotein (a) level was elevated, at 172 nmol/L. He is in very good health after a recent ablation for atrial fibrillation. We ...

In this tree of life, The Straits Times examines each Pokemon character’s closest proxies in the real world, uncovering the scientific concepts hidden in their designs. Beyond t ...

Wall Street lenders on Friday were rocked by the implosion of little-known UK mortgage provider Market Financial Solutions ...

Bisphosphonates can occasionally cause a condition called osteonecrosis of the jaw. This condition can press on the trigeminal nerve, causing a facial pain syndrome. Your endocrinologist or primary ...

Tiny backpacks equipped with cameras and sensors are being developed to turn cockroaches into controllable spy insects. SWARM researchers control the roaches by attaching tiny electrodes to their ...