In April 2021, a team of researchers at the Earlham Institute was not looking for anything extraordinary. They were testing a ...

A routine experiment with a new single-cell DNA sequencing method turned into a surprising scientific twist when researchers ...

In a shallow pond at Oxford University Parks, surrounded by dog walkers and rowing crews, a single-celled organism has been ...

Your backyard should be a place for rest and relaxation, but you never know what critter is causing damage or helping to ...

Insects may feel pain. Do you have a moral duty to protect them from harm?

Feathers give birds their dazzling colors. They repel water and trap heat, keeping them warm and dry. They can even stifle sound, allowing species ...

Most people have flicked past a photo and immediately thought: that’s clearly filtered. Over-saturated. Someone had run it ...

Scientists have successfully revived a 24,000-year-old microscopic organism from Siberian permafrost, offering new insight into how life can endure extreme conditions over vast stretches of time.

When most people think about biodiversity in lakes and rivers, they imagine fish, plants, or perhaps birds and amphibians. But beneath the surface exists another world that often goes unnoticed: ...

How do photosynthetic organisms harvest light so efficiently? To help answer this question, researchers have developed an ultrafast transient absorption microscope with sensitivity approaching the ...