(CNN) - A nonprofit based in San Francisco is using human hair and animal fur to help clean up oil spills. A standard way to clean up oil on land is to use mats made from polypropylene, a ...

Have you ever wondered why you don’t have thick hair covering your whole body like a dog, cat or gorilla does? Humans aren’t the only mammals with sparse hair. Elephants, rhinos and naked mole rats ...

Heat might explain why we lost our fur and now strike an upright and slim (in theory, anyway) pose. If our ancestors lived somewhere really hot, the theory goes, it would have made sense for us to ...

The team has shown that human hair from barber shops can be used to create OLED displays. The vast majority of the human hair swept off the floors of hair salons the world over ends up in landfill. So ...

Coiffeurs across Belgium are sweeping up and bagging hair clipped from their customers, and then handing it over to an NGO that recycles it to protect the environment. The Hair Recycle project feeds ...

This small change in our appearance has helped shape the evolution of our entire lineage. We’re the only primate without a coat of thick fur. It turns out that this small change in our appearance has ...