New research suggests plants on Earth could survive for nearly another two billion years — far longer than previously ...

(Diane Isabel/iStock/Getty Images) The world's population is shifting. We're living longer than ever before, with elderly ...

The Evolution Summit is structured around a dynamic agenda of visionary keynote presentations, real-life case studies, and ...

Medical breakthroughs, side effects of AI use, and histories of the natural world feature among this season’s science titles.

NASA has formally begun decommissioning the MAVEN Mars orbiter after 11 years, ending a mission that transformed Mars atmospheric science.

Zoraptera, also known as angel insects or ground lice, are tiny termite-like insects generally found underneath bark or in ...

While many of life's mysteries remain unsolved, every biologist can describe the basic processes performed by a living organism, including energy use, reproduction, growth and development. While these ...

Shanghai has become one of the focal points of that effort. The city has sharply increased spending on basic research in ...

Nature is beautiful, powerful and essential. But nature is not always gentle. The same biological world that gives rise to ...

It’s a bit worrying when a scientific paper begins, “How long will life on Earth survive?” But in this case—a study by Jacob Haqq‐Misra of Blue Marble Space and Eric Wolf at the University of Colorado ...

Most people on Earth are habitats for mites that spend the majority of their brief lives burrowed, head-first, in our hair ...

Biologists group animals with similar traits into broad categories called orders. Despite their similarities, animal species in the same order can have very different average lifespans.