Scientists debate mosquito origins as fossil evidence and genomic studies clash, revealing new insights into their ...

A major study shows complex cells evolved gradually in an oxygen-poor world, challenging long-held assumptions about life’s ...

A new dome-headed dinosaur speices found in Montana, Brontotholus harmoni, reveals unexpected clues about their evolution.

In the dim waters off the Japanese coast, scientists have stumbled upon something that shouldn’t exist. Or at least not by ...

As eukaryotic cells started to form, eukaryotic traits may have emerged in early cells about one billion years before the ...

With protruding appendages that each end in an orb, Solarion arienae vaguely resembles a cartoon Sun or a retrofuturistic ...

The microscopic organisms that fill our bodies, soils, oceans and atmosphere play essential roles in human health and the ...

Metagenomics uncovers the full cast of microbes living in environments from soil to the human gut. New methods help ...

Sitting at his desk in London, zoologist Max Telford of University College London only has a couple of trees outside his window and an apple on his desk as examples of diverse living things. But up ...

Growing an avocado tree from seed is a fun and easy indoor project. Avocados are tropical plants, so they won't survive cold winters outside.