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, ...

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

What if I told you that a fly landed in space? Impossible, isn't it? Well, it appears that it has happened! While we can all ...

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

Using a variety of models helps to ensure that the best research is being done to benefit patients and their families.

A cloned yak calf has been safely delivered by c-section in Tibet, marking a significant development in yak breeding programs ...

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

In an ideal world, every piece of food we eat would be free of pathogens at all times. In the real world, though, where 600 ...

“This is going to be a major step forward for us in the aquaculture industry,” said Jerry Bambauer, an Ohio soybean farmer and member of the Soy Aquaculture Alliance. “We have tried for about 10 years ...

Researchers sequenced the knotty sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing a missing gene that many other animals ...

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