Life on Earth reached a decisive turning point about 2.6 billion years ago. An international team of researchers has just ...

Life thrives far beneath the surface, in places once thought too harsh for survival. In the shadows of Earth’s crust, tiny ...

One such approach, the use of within-field crop genetic diversity, has been shown to reduce disease severity in experimental plots and has been used commercially in some cases 1,2,3,4. However ...

The rapid accumulation of molecular data is uncovering vast diversity, abundant uncultivated microbial groups and novel microbial functions. This accumulation of data requires the application of ...

Yet, the STEM landscape has struggled with a persistent and profound lack of diversity. For many women and ethnic minorities across the globe, a career in STEM and life sciences remains an elusive ...

This International Day for Biological Diversity, under the theme “Harmony with nature and sustainable development”, highlights how this plan for nature connects with the Sustainable ...

For over two decades, UNESCO has spearheaded the protection of the diversity of cultural expressions. It has provided vital guidance to establish innovative cultural policies that strengthen the ...

May 21, 2025 — How do organisms adapt to climate change? A new study reveals the complex interplay between genetic diversity and temperature tolerance ... Coastal Squeeze Is Bad for Biodiversity ...

Despite the immense value of languages, more than half of all languages are in danger of falling into disuse, with devastating impacts for the global linguistic diversity and the situation of language ...

May 29, 2025 — Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to survive hundreds of years by adjusting its virulence ...