The most comprehensive dataset of termite genomes to date was created by an international team of scientists, led by ...

Beyond better testing, we need better protection. Physical shields seem like the obvious first defense. Hydrogen-rich materials such as polyethylene and water-absorbing hydrogels can slow charged ...

Four billion years ago, Earth was violent, hot, and unstable. Yet new research suggests that by then, life had already ...

Below the surface, Seneca Lake's bed is a lunar landscape, with large pockmarks of unknown origin. Chloride levels are ...

An undergraduate field seminar at Brown teaches aspiring biologists and backyard botanists alike how to identify the flora of ...

Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein ensured that a Google search for his name would return several websites about his donations to science ...

New research finds extinction rates have been declining for a century, challenging assumptions of an ongoing mass extinction.

Some ants thrive by choosing numbers over strength. Instead of heavily protecting each worker, they invest fewer resources in ...

Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses? The famous question, though implausible, reflects a ...

Genetic sharing among evolutionary neighbors all happens through hybrids: the offspring produced when individuals from two ...

The researchers think the pattern they observed in ants reflects a more universal trend in the evolution of societal ...

There are roughly 2.5 million known species on the planet, but scientists estimate that's only a fraction of the biodiversity on Earth. A new study shows we're finding new species like never before.