Turkish researchers are exploring Antarctica’s extreme ecosystems to develop new antiviral drug candidates and sustainable biofertilizer solutions, ...

A new study by researchers at Kiel University and MPI-EvolBio describes how more efficient protein production drives the adaptation of fungi to the human body, potentially turning previously harmless ...

For decades, scientists have believed that complex life began when two very different microbes joined forces, eventually ...

Every living organism has its own genetic "blueprint": the source code for how it grows, functions and reproduces. This ...

From different angles, EMBL researchers are looking at archaea with the hope these understudied organisms will answer questions about evolution ...

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.

When you look out across a snowy winter landscape, it might seem like nature is fast asleep. Yet, under the surface, tiny ...

Across the coldest places on Earth, something quiet but powerful is happening beneath your feet and under the ice. As ...

If emotion functions as an operating system of silicon-based life, its implications extend far beyond robots. It defines not a feature category, but a new computing paradigm: any device that senses, ...

Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have studied how fruit flies tune their development in response to environmental changes ...

White-tailed deer like those on Long Island have significantly expanded their range north into Canada in recent decades, so ...

Agroecologist and professor Liz Carlisle discusses her latest book, a collection of guest essays that makes the case for more diverse crops.