Two months ago, in front of a garbage truck parked in front of City Hall, New York City Mayor Eric Adams laid out the three major planks of his plan to make the five boroughs a “livable city.” ...

For biologists, a long-standing question has been why some animals live longer than others. This week a team have attempted to answer this, by measuring the rates that different animal species ...

DEAR JOAN: Can we talk rats? I am totally baffled at how a rat can take the bait and yet not spring the trap. Is this rat evolution in action? Do they teach them how in rat school? I bait my traps ...