About half a billion years ago, early animals in the oceans and seas struggled to survive in a world that experienced ...

Imagine a world where the oxygen you need changes dramatically between day and night. Your world shifts from being rich in oxygen (oxic) in the day, so you have energy to hunt for food, to ...

Researchers at University College Dublin, University of Edinburgh, and ETH Zurich have carried out the first scientific study that directly links genetic variation underpinning bovine TB disease ...

Spiders living in caves show how tiny genetic changes can reshape vision or cause complete blindness over generations.

"I expected some variation." Scientists stunned by striking behavior shift across hundreds of animal species: 'That is not ...

Satellite images from space are allowing scientists to delve deeper into the individual functions of different tropical forest canopies with new and surprising results. Understanding tree traits and ...

Of the 8.7 million species on Earth, why are human beings the only one that paints self-portraits, walks on the moon and ...

Have you herd? Groups of animals often have unique, and sometimes funny, names. You’re probably familiar with the collective nouns for common backyard and barnyard animals, such as flocks of birds and ...

Image via Depositphotos. In the battle for survival, some animals have adapted to live in the harshest climates on Earth, enduring extreme heat or cold that would be fatal to most other creatures.

The monkeys offer a tantalizing opportunity for scientists hoping to observe animal behavior as close to the wild as they can get, while also having ready access to the monkeys’ brains ...

Natural variation in plants refers to the genetic diversity of a single plant species in the wild. Natural variation is a valuable source of beneficial traits for plant breeding.