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

A rare yam species, Dioscorea melanophyma, spreads its clones by fooling birds with fake berries, helping it survive without seeds.

Tiny soil animals survive harsh desert conditions, revealing hidden life and climate driven survival strategies underground.

Australian researchers have uncovered how a particular strain of a diarrhea-causing parasite managed to infect more animal species, offering new insights into how parasitic infections emerge and ...

Scientists found that tiny worms called “nematodes” surprisingly survive in Chile’s Atacama Desert.

Scientists have uncovered a thriving ecosystem beneath the Atacama Desert's surface.

Australian researchers have uncovered how a particular strain of a diarrhea-causing parasite managed to infect more animal species, offering new insights into how parasitic infections emerge and ...

Life beneath the surface of one of the driest places on Earth may be far more complex than once believed. Researchers have found that soil can support surprisingly robust and varied forms of life even ...

Australian researchers have uncovered how a particular strain of a diarrhea-causing parasite managed to infect more animal species, offering new insights into how parasitic infections emerge and ...

The Florida Aquarium is releasing 9,000 juvenile corals that were born and grown at its Apollo Beach facility, and ...

Epaulette sharks can reproduce without any measurable increase in energy use, stunning researchers who expected egg-laying to ...

New research from James Cook University has made the extraordinary discovery that epaulette sharks can reproduce and lay eggs ...