In a stunning scientific breakthrough, researchers from the University of California, Berkeley have discovered a living fossil in one of California’s untouched mountain lakes—a microscopic, ...

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

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 ...

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.

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

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

Fashion designer Iris van Herpen has unveiled a bioluminescent dress that features 125 million living algae. The garment ...

Dutch wunderkind and celebrity favorite Iris Van Herpen has occupied fashion’s edge for years. Van Herpen conjured couture ...

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.