Global biodiversity has declined between 2% and 11% during the 20th century due to land-use change alone, according to a...
In recent years, the scientific community has increasingly turned its attention to sustainable agriculture, aiming to maximize crop yield while...
Paleontologists have discovered giant tortoise fossils in Colombia dating back some 57 million years, the university leading the excavation said,...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has declared that removing carbon from the atmosphere is now essential to fighting...
The day a male spear squid hatches determines which mating tactic he will use throughout his life, according to new...
A parasitic wasp that preys on the young of a prolific fruit fly pest demonstrates both molecular evolution and behavioral...
A study published April 25, in the journal Science provides the strongest evidence to date that not only is nature...
Two independent research teams have successfully regenerated mouse brain circuits in mice using neurons grown from rat stem cells. Both...
If a tree falls in the forest—whether or not anyone registers the sound—one thing is for sure: there are lots...
Cells buzz with millions of different biomolecules that diffuse chaotically through their substructures, yet they manage to ensure exquisite functional...
Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago in a group of marine invertebrates called octocorals, according...
Paleontologists at University College Cork (UCC), Ireland, have solved a hundred-year-old mystery of how some fossil frogs preserve their fleshy...