Life cycles require the creation of an autonomous individual, that individual’s growth and that individual’s reproduction In ...

At a lab in the heart of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, scientists are breeding corals to be more resilient to rising ocean temperatures.

In a study published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, scientists from the Lyon Geology Laboratory and the University of Oxford propose a theoretical model describing the formation of ...

Among mammals, females generally live longer. The recent comparative study examined 528 mammal species in zoos and found that ...

Medicines, designed to heal, often have an unpleasant taste. This stems from the natural origin of many active substances, derived from plants and marine organisms that cannot escape ...

The biological study of species offers no equivalent to such transmutation. An individual which belongs to a given species ...

Life is the rarest thing in the universe. When inorganic molecules come together in the right proportions and circumstances, they result in the self propelling system of replication. In simple ...

Humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and their extinct ancestors form a family of organisms known as the Hominidae. Researchers generally agree that among the living animals in this group, humans ...

Their seed dispersal strategies have helped these ubiquitous plants flourish all over the world, new research suggests ...

Naked mole-rats are one of nature's most extraordinary creatures. These burrowing rodents can live for up to 37 years, around ...

When Jurassic Park hit theaters, one of the most memorable lines came from Dr. Ian Malcolm, warning that “life finds a way.” ...

On islands, many plants rely on animals such as birds, bats and reptiles to disperse their seeds and help them grow in new ...