Tortoise shells aren’t just tough armor—they’re living parts of the tortoise’s skeleton, loaded with secrets of survival, ...

Scientists discovered a 480-million-year-old phosphatic sponge in South China, making it the oldest known stromatoporoid and ...

While these animals technically have an external skeleton made of chitin ... they possess one small, hard structure called a cuttlebone or gladius, which typically lies within the mantle. It is ...

Researchers develop a low-carbon, high-strength cement material inspired by nature’s porous structures—offering improved ...

However, the evidence supporting some of the conclusions remains incomplete, and further mechanistic studies are needed to clarify how miR-283 affects normal aging and influences exercise adaptations.

Chinese scientists have found a way to overcome metal fatigue in a process that transforms common stainless steel into a material strong enough for aerospace and other high-grade applications ...

Credit: J. Adam Fenster/ University of Rochester. Deep in the ocean, sea sponges grow beautiful, glass-like skeletons that are both strong and light. These structures are made from a natural glass ...

Colossal stated that it performed 20 precise genetic edits to replicate extinct traits unique to dire wolves, including skeletal structure, musculature, coat color, and hair length. Of these edits ...

The Antarctic sponge may be the oldest animal on Earth, living up to 15,000 years. In the icy waters of Antarctica, extraordinary sponges could be the oldest organisms on our planet. Their longevity ...

The trillions of cells that make up our skeleton age too, and some change in ways that weaken the very structure of our bones. Aging and stress can induce cellular senescence in osteocytes ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - Crews are responding to a structure fire on Sergeant Street, and are advising residents to avoid the area. When our Western Mass News crews arrived, we witnessed ...

CABELL COUNTY. W.V. (WKRC) - A gravedigger was taken into custody after the corpse of a baby and a damaged casket were discovered at a cemetery Wednesday. According to WOWK-TV, a gravedigger ...