For two weeks last spring, students and professors from Vermont State University collected cores of snow, sea ice and permafrost to uncover more about what's hidden beneath the surface.

Deep beneath the ocean’s surface, life thrives in one of the most hostile places on Earth—underwater volcanoes. This documentary explores how microbes and animals survive in boiling waters and toxic ...

From The Thing to The Last of Us, dozens of sci-fi classics have warned us about this moment — but did we listen?

Tiny ocean microbes called Prochlorococcus, once thought to be climate survivors, may struggle as seas warm. These cyanobacteria drive 5% of Earth’s photosynthesis and underpin much of the marine food ...

A clear, simple definition of life has always been hard to pin down and remains elusive. Most biology lessons say living things must grow, produce energy, and reproduce on their own. But viruses don’t ...

Like wine and cheese, chocolate has terroir, a sense of the place it was grown. Each bonbon or bar may carry unique flavors shaped by the soil, rainfall and temperature of the farm. But much of that ...