The flipside of biophobia is called biophilia, an innate affinity for nature. Both of these terms stem from evolutionary ...

The preschool program will introduce full-day classes and a brand-new facility inside the Saint Louis Zoo next school year.

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Children who are high in the temperament characteristic of surgency are often impulsive, approaching things they are excited about without pausing or thinking. Their joyful, exuberant behaviors can be ...

Now, a sweeping new analysis of all known identical twins raised apart suggests that education plays a much bigger role in shaping intelligence than previously believed. IRS issues Christmas warning ...

Genome sequencing has been used to determine how much genes influence human characteristics including height and weight, and susceptibility to diseases like Type 2 diabetes, in a study co-led by ...

Guy Thallon, the head of natural environment at the Castle Howard estate, assesses the undergrowth in a woodland that will be restored and native animals reintroduced at the estate in North Yorkshire, ...

New parents have plenty to fret about – sleeping, feeding, the colour of their newborn’s poo – but their baby’s microbiome probably isn’t high on the list. According to experts, it should be. “The ...

When my two sons, now young adults, were in elementary school, on some days my wife and I were sure they were lying with completely straight faces when we interrogated them about the status of ...

For more than a century, scientists have debated whether intelligence is mostly a product of nature or nurture. Identical twins—those born with the same genetic blueprint—have long been the perfect ...

Kara McElhone, the executive director of the Children's Advocacy Center of Hampshire County, shows a section of the center's garden at its Elm Street location. ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL/Gazette Sign up for ...