Evolutionarily speaking, the ultimate goal of a lifeform is to reproduce and stave off extinction. Many plants and animals ...

A new study shows that resilient and remarkably diverse populations of organisms can persist in the soil despite harsh and ...

Black-bulb yam’s mimicry tricks birds into spreading its berrylike clones. The plant's novel strategy helps it spread without ...

Fantasia was the newest winner of American Idol, everyone was in Ugg boots, and Shrek 2 owned the box office. It was 2004, and life was pretty grand. However, it’s hard to think back and realize that ...

BAYAHIBE, Dominican Republic (AP) — Oxygen tank strapped to his back, Michael del Rosario moves his fins delicately as he glides along an underwater nursery just off the Dominican Republic coast, ...

Snakeheads are illegal in many regions due to their aggressive behavior and ability to devastate local ecosystems. Scientists have documented how these fish outcompete native species for food and ...

You'd think we'd know everything there is to know about sexual reproduction. But as it turns out, there are still quite a few things we picked up that aren't exactly true, and we're here to correct ...

It’s been three and a half years since the most recent season of “Stranger Things” kicked off in May 2022. The first episode of the hit series’ fifth and final installment — delayed by dual Hollywood ...

Mauritius will soon be home to one of the largest projects in the Western Indian Ocean aimed at restoring corals through sexual propagation. The scientific research for the Odysseo coral restoration ...

The celebrated German novelist Jenny Erpenbeck considers the relics of an earlier age in a newly translated essay collection. By Ryan Ruby Ryan Ruby is the author of “Context Collapse: A Poem ...

Jellyfish are found globally across the oceans, and even a few species are commonly found in freshwater. Some species prefer shallow water, while others have been discovered deep in the sea, spending ...

In Telford's Exotic Zoo, life found a way. A casque-headed iguana has given birth to eight babies at the Shropshire wildlife park – without any contact with a male, via a phenomenon called ...