It might or might not be the smell of aliens, but dimethyl sulfide — and its funky odor — definitely gets around ...

Just as ecological theory arose from natural history to draw generalized conclusions ... but can be absent in the 'same' bacterial species growing elsewhere. The methods of evolutionary ecology ...

Newington has been awarded a $485,000 grant to build a new, inclusive playground at Candlewyck Park, town officials said.

White-nose syndrome caused millions of bat deaths, and scientists are sounding the alarm that a second fungus could be ...

A leading archaeologist has warned of destruction faced by a 50,000-year-old rock art site on the remote Western Australian ...

Monty Don has revealed the essential gardening tip for June to ensure full and stunning blooms from your clematis.

For more than 100,000 years, coastal communities have harvested abalone (genus Haliotis). These gastropods, which are found ...

In the hustle of daily life, we often separate our health into compartments—mental health, physical health, and dental health. However, ...

The North American prairie rivals the Amazon rainforest in its biological diversity, and it’s disappearing even faster.

Marine bacteria control how much CO2 is stored in the oceans, by swimming after and degrading sinking particles that would otherwise remain stored in the ocean for millennia. Researchers have ...

How do organisms adapt to climate change? A new study reveals the complex interplay between genetic diversity and temperature tolerance evolution.

NASA scientists have accidentally uncovered 26 previously unknown species of bacteria—a discovery that challenges current ...