Across the icy edges of Earth’s northern and southern reaches, life has adapted to thrive in some of the harshest conditions.

Alien plants and animals cost Europe over $1.5 trillion in the last six decades, according to a new study, indicating the ...

From river-clogging plants to disease-carrying insects, the direct economic cost of invasive species worldwide has averaged ...

A new study has provided fresh insights into how animals such as the woolly mammoth, musk ox and arctic fox evolved to ...

A fossil from British Columbia, originally discovered in the 80s, has finally been identified as a new species named ...

Cold-adapted animals started to evolve 2.6 million years ago when the permanent ice at the poles became more prevalent. There followed a time when the continental ice sheets expanded and contracted ...

Breakthrough study reveals how woolly mammoths and Arctic animals evolved their cold-weather superpowers over 3 million years ...

Paris, France—From river-clogging plants to disease-carrying insects, the direct economic cost of invasive species worldwide ...

Animals can cause devastating damage too. Wild boars, for example, destroy crops, cornfields and vineyards, while mosquitoes ...

Many plants smell "good" — to humans that is — but some go several steps in the other direction, presenting themselves to the ...

Scientists discovered a caterpillar that lives in spider webs, eating the bugs that get stuck - including the spider that ...

Researchers uncover how rapid DNA repair protects genomes from internal threats, with implications for cancer biology.