Laos has become a key destination for international wildlife traffickers. Experts warn it could unleash a new pathogen ...

But, not so for bumblebees, where the queen is larger but otherwise physically indistinguishable from her workers. In a study ...

Galaxy clusters are formed by a dense packing of many galaxies, making them the most massive structures in the universe.

How do new words like “safe space,” “dogpile,” and “alt-right” make it into the dictionary? Journalist Stefan Fatsis finds ...

The parasite paradox arises from the dual observations that parasites (broadly construed, including phytophagous insects) are resource specialists with restricted host ranges, and yet shifts onto ...

1Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute for Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 2Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute for Technology, ...

The adaptation of mammals to semi-aquatic niches represents a pivotal ecological transition, in which the coevolution of dietary specialization and gut microbiome is regarded as playing a fundamental ...

Now that we've unpacked some iconic tagline examples, let's take a second to savour what makes them so deliciously effective at sticking around. Have you ever heard those slogans that never seem to ...

This study provides important insights into bacterial genome evolution by analyzing single-cell genome sequences of cyanobacteria from Yellowstone hot springs. Using compelling evidence, the authors ...

An ecosystem is a web of interactions between many different organisms, all adapted to live in harmony with each other — or sworn enemies constantly evolving and adapting to outwit the other. This ...