Captive life does more than change routines for bears and pandas. It also changes the microscopic communities living in their ...

Controversial evidence hints that complex life might have emerged hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously ...

Scientists announced the Biodiversity Cell Atlas project to map every cell type across all eukaryotic life on Earth.

In his laboratory at the University of Poitiers in France, Abderrazak El Albani contemplates the rock glittering in his hands ...

The researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky argues that we should be very afraid of artificial intelligence’s existential risks.

Researchers are calling for the conservation of teeny tiny organisms that normally get overlooked, and conservationists are ...

Architects and microbiologists are exploring whether making buildings hospitable to friendly microorganisms can improve human ...

Marine parasites represent a vast and ecologically critical component of aquatic ecosystems. These parasites exhibit an ...

On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse traversed a wide swathe of North America stretching 2,500 miles (4,000 km) from ...

Analysis - Black mambas (Dendroaspis polylepis) are Africa's longest, most famous venomous snakes. Despite their fearsome reputation, these misunderstood snakes are vital players in their ecosystems.

The epigenetic clock measures biological age and could help scientists assess the health of polar bears, dolphins, baboons ...