The story of life’s beginnings gets stranger when you look closely at viruses. These tiny entities seem to sit at the edge of biology.

Scientists just discovered a new species of magic mushroom, Psilocybe ochraceocentrata, that appears to have shared a common ancestor with the popular Psilocybe cubensis some 1.5 million years ago.

Ancient plant viruses infecting modern crops likely evolved in wild plants before the last Ice Age and later spread across continents.

Most pandemic viruses that have jumped from animals to humans do not show signs of special adaptations to infect people, except the 1977 influenza outbreak, which was likely “sparked by a laboratory ...

A new University of California San Diego study published in Cell challenges a long-standing assumption about how animal ...

There is no evolutionary signal suggesting that these viruses were being “pre-adapted” for humans prior to their outbreaks. Instead, measurable changes in selection typically appeared only after ...

Practitioners nationwide are striving to do what’s best for children’s health, while staying supportive in the face of mistrust and confusion.

Roger Jackson — best known for being the voice of one of the genre’s most iconic villains, Scream’s Ghostface — will be ...

Many pandemic viruses emerged naturally – but there’s one that most likely came from a lab - Research provides benchmark for distinguishing natural outbreaks from scenarios involving lab leaks ...

Canon evolution.

The FDA has announced a recall of raw oysters and Manila clams over a possible link to a cluster of norovirus‑like illnesses.