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

Australian researchers have uncovered how a particular strain of a diarrhea-causing parasite managed to infect more animal ...

In the damp understory of forests in Taiwan, mainland Japan, and Okinawa, a plant called Balanophora can fool you at first ...

Learn how an underground plant is redefining what plants need to survive.

Researchers will put millions of clams over 600 acres of the Indian River Lagoon to see if they eat enough hydrogen sulfide, which can kill seagrass.

Dear Abby gives advice to a reader who is struggling with coming out as asexual to friends and family. Pixel-Shot - stock.adobe.com DEAR ABBY: For the past two years, I have been trying to conceal ...

DEAR ABBY: For the past two years, I have been trying to conceal from my family (with modest success) that I’m asexual. I overhear conversations my parents have been having with my older siblings on ...

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 ...

There’s a peculiar posse of amphibians creeping through the damp leaf litter of the North American Great Lakes. They’re about the size of a slim sausage, splotchy brown with watery smiles and bulging ...

An international research team has discovered various mechanisms in asexual mites that generate genetic diversity and thus ensure survival. In collaboration with colleagues from international partner ...