Pando is the world's largest tree. Its name means "I spread" in Latin, and it does indeed spread: The organism has given rise ...

A new microscope is capable of live imaging of biological processes in such detail that moving protein complexes are visible.

When active filaments are exposed to localized illumination, they accumulate into stable structures along the boundaries of ...

Mary, a 54-year-old Asian elephant at the Berlin Zoo, is the “queen of showering,” but her companion Anchali seems to have figured out how to exploit that habit to play pranks ...

As research over the past several decades has shown, whales play a critical role in bolstering ocean ecosystems. Many whale ...

Coral larvae reduce their metabolism and increase nitrogen uptake to resist bleaching in high temperatures, according to a new study.

The researchers say their work “may form the basis of new non-invasive shark deterrent technology to protect human life.” ...

Samantha Harvey has won the UK's top fiction prize for a novel that takes place over 24 hours on the International Space ...

Blooms from this abundant plant occur about every 50 years. Here's why it causes a rat flood and, ultimately, famine in ...

Should your gender dictate your breakfast? A new research out of the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada suggests that ...

In 1975, Annie Dillard won the Pulitzer Prize for her book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, a poetic chronicling of her creek-side ...