The U.S. Postal Service is turning 250. Saturday’s anniversary comes as the agency faces financial challenges. The postal ...

In a twist worthy of a detective novel, a long-misidentified fossil at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) has ...

A long-misidentified fossil, once thought to be a caterpillar, has revealed itself as a groundbreaking discovery in early animal evolution.

When a string of misidentifications ended, a fossil sat in a drawer at Harvard for a century until its significance was ...

Grading anthrax Only a few weeks ago, most of the world knew little about anthrax beyond the fact that it could be a lethal infection to have. Now, following a series of incidents, we not only ...

In a new study published in Communications Biology, a team of researchers redescribe Palaeocampa anthrax as the first known nonmarine lobopodian, and the youngest ever discovered. The fossil, which ...

The anthrax frenzy. The real story of the 11 September 2001 attacks, which many claim have aspects yet to be explored, is undoubtedly more complex in at least one particular.

“Anthrax can’t spread from person to person but from animal to person, so be careful where you eat and make sure they cook the meat properly.

Anthrax, which is caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, has a scary reputation.Widely known to cause serious lung infections in humans and unsightly, albeit painless, skin lesions in ...