The appendix is a very small finger-like tissue attached to the beginning of the large intestine, in the lower right side of the abdomen. It is popularly known as a vestigial organ, as in one which ...

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The Early Pleistocene fossils of the Koobi Fora Formation, northern Kenya, record two well-documented hominin genera, Homo ...

"Shark Week," which kicks off this week, has captivated audiences for decades with stories of these powerful ocean predators.

Earlier this year, the Lacks estate settled a lawsuit regarding a company’s profiting off of HeLa cells. The case serves as a reminder of the importance of proper ethics in human research.

It's a distinct species from the savanna elephant (supported by DNA studies such as Roca et al., 2001; Ishida et al., 2011).

This map shows coastal regions where Hammerhead Shark are found.