A major new study finds the pace of biological discovery is accelerating, not slowing down, and estimates Earth may harbor ...

Scientists say Earth could contain billions of undiscovered species, and new DNA tools may accelerate discoveries faster than ever.

A University of Arizona study finds scientists are discovering 16,000 new species annually - and DNA tools may reveal billions more.

AMES – Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with the Iowa Nutrient Research Center, will host a virtual field day on Thursday, March 26, at 1 p.m. The event, which is ...

Despite the abundance, in an economy of scarcity, the lake gets privatized and hoarded, and the dog is still not getting water, unless a high price is paid. This is what human society does today.

Born in 1809, Charles Darwin proposed the theory of natural selection and helped set the foundation for how modern scientists classify organisms, cementing hims ...

Using AI to identify wildlife reveals a potential "transferability crisis," researchers say. Marketing for AI imaging systems often suggests that models can easily tackle novel scenarios across ...

Even in the ultra-dry Atacama Desert, tiny soil-dwelling nematodes are thriving in surprising diversity. Scientists found ...

Tiny insects trapped in amber could tell us a great deal about their roles in past ecosystems: pollinators, parasites, predators, and prey. But how many of the insects preserved alongside each other ...

Constipation is often treated as a simple plumbing problem, too little movement, too much delay. But emerging research suggests that, in some people, the culprit may not be sluggish muscles or faulty ...

Some fungi, particularly species in the order Mucorales, can change from one form to another by changing what genes they express. Mucor lusitanicus will take the form of yeast in anaerobic ...

Before the break of surface tension and in the depths of Louisiana’s muddied waters, there lived many kinds of organisms that contributed to the greater whole of the land. The Aquatic Ecology Club at ...