London Zoo’s otter pups have decided it’s warm enough to take their first swims. The Asian short-clawed otter pups, born in January to first-time mother Midge, have spent their first few months tucked ...

This is the heartwarming moment a mother met her baby chimp for the first time just 14 hours after she gave birth via a planned C-section. Mahale, 30, celebrated the birth of her fourth offspring on ...

The "gold standard" for staging Alzheimer’s disease is positron emission tomography (PET) brain scans for amyloid plaques and ...

Eating only during the daytime could protect night shift workers from the increased risk of a heart attack or stroke, according to a new study. Food timing could be a bigger risk factor than sleep ...

Monkeys are the world’s best yodellers, according to new research. Rather than Austria or Switzerland, scientists say the champions at the traditional form of singing which involves repeated and rapid ...

One in 10 young Americans schedules “worry time,” according to new research. The survey of 2,000 general population Americans ...

Weight training helps protect older people from dementia, according to new research. Volunteers with mild cognitive impairment who practiced strength training showed improvements in memory and brain ...

Long-term exposure to air pollution may harm the brain health of older people, warns a new study. Researchers found that exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is ...

A schoolgirl left with burns and unable to dress herself after falling into a cooking pot can now put on her school uniform ...

A vaccine for shingles may lower the risk of dementia, according to new research. A public health policy in Wales may have produced the strongest evidence yet that a jab can reduce the risk of ...