Early scientists who tried to suggest that some animals could experience complex thoughts and emotions, or even communicate ...

The mystery of this slimy, greenish jelly has been lurking on planet Earth since past 3.5 billion years. It's yucky, but ...

In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

The payoffs are real: ancient biochemistry could spawn new drugs or enzymes that work in extreme cold. Yet each core sample ...

The being in question is a microbe called Sukunaarchaeum mirabile. Preliminary research says it stretches the definition of ...

Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived ...

A team of chemists, microbiologists and ecologists has designed a molecular probe (a molecule designed to detect proteins or ...

The world is currently experiencing its sixth mass extinction, with potentially thousands of species lost every year.

Can photography grow roots? This artist doesn't just document nature, she collaborates with it.

Fourth-year Caruthersville High School football coach Dom Guglielmo hasn’t allowed an opportunity to improve his program ON ...

Its presence inside another organism, paired with its extreme genetic dependence, suggests it lives a parasitic lifestyle. Yet it doesn’t appear to provide any clear benefit to its host.