When people talk about saving wildlife, they often focus on numbers. Conversations center on how many deer live in a forest, ...

Study of 280 empirical papers suggests evolution is shaped by both individual advantage and competition between groups.

Many of us would probably like to forget sitting through math classes in school. But let’s briefly travel back, just for a ...

Deep within tropical rainforests grows a flower so enormous and rare that it defies nature's norms. Blooming without leaves, stems, or roots, it emerges only after years of hidden growth. Its vast ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new way that giant embryonic cells divide—without relying on the classic “purse-string” ring long thought essential for splitting a cell in two. Studying ...

Some single-celled organisms are known to transition to multicellularity during their lifetimes, usually either by cloning themselves or when many similar cells come together to form a larger ...

Depending on others for something you need may feel like a risky proposition—and perhaps a human one. It is actually a survival strategy found in the microbial world, and far more frequently than one ...

Some fungi, particularly species in the order Mucorales, can change from one form to another by changing what genes they express. Mucor lusitanicus will take the form of yeast in anaerobic ...

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. -- Science teacher Michael Green wasn’t sure how his students would feel about the new assignment. Growing ...

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.

A little more than a year ago, on a trip to Nairobi, Kenya, some colleagues and I met a 12-year-old Masai boy named Richard Turere, who told us a fascinating story. His family raises livestock on the ...

Orgasms can help you feel calmer by raising oxytocin, which is linked with lower stress. Lower stress may also mean fewer flare-ups, breakouts, and inflammation triggers. Getting enough sleep supports ...