Shaking caused by quakes may cause ocean floor vents to release more nutrients, triggering blooms in plant-like organisms ...

Learn how microscopic chemical traces preserved on stone tools are revealing new details about early human hunting practices.

Five quartz arrowheads found in a South African cave were laced with a slow-acting tumbleweed poison that would have tired ...

Botanists also name an overlooked snowdrop growing in the UK and a fruit that tastes like banana and guava ...

Scientists at Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern found certain parasites struggled to make eggs ...

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and their international partners, reveal today their pick of the top 10 ...

A pile of ancient arrowheads from southern Africa still holds traces of toxic plant residue, even after some 60,000 years.

Cholera, a severe bacterial infection that causes diarrhea and kills if untreated, can be defeated with a diet high in ...

An ancient cremation would have been a community spectacle in a place returned to and reignited over many generations. What ...

Mites and ticks are as diverse as they are mysterious. They may look like insects, but they actually belong to the broader ...

Quorum Innovations, a biotechnology company founded by physician-scientists Nicholas T. Monsul, MD, and Eva Ann Berkes, MD, today announced growing scientific, medical, and public-policy momentum ...

A nationwide genetics project is exploring soil microbiodiversity, discovering new bacterial strains and microbes that ...