A recent study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) reveals that, despite their outsized ecological impact ...

Even though its brain is smaller than a grain of rice, this spider plans ahead, adapts mid-hunt and outsmarts prey larger ...

A pilot study has found evidence of Bartonella and Babesia infection in almost half of 50 blood samples from patients suffering chronic fatigue syndrome, also called myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).

Neither plant, nor animal, nor fungus: science finally discovers what these 8-metre giants were - ...

Just over half a billion years ago, Earth was rocked by a global mass extinction event, a dramatic interruption of the ...

At Brazil's Butantan Institute, Ricardo Bassini-Silva identified mite larvae feeding on a millimeter-scale specimen in the museum's archive.

The most famous example of such exquisitely preserved Cambrian fossils is the Burgess Shale of Canada.

African elephants create low rumbles that travel through the earth, letting other elephants detect messages through vibrations.

The public will choose the winner of the People’s Choice award in a vote that runs from February 4 to March 18 ...

An international target to slash pesticide use is unlikely to be met – with just one country on track to meet the goal. In ...

About 445 million years ago, Earth’s oceans turned into a danger zone. Glaciers spread across the supercontinent Gondwana, and shallow seas shrank fast.

The new Huayuan biota provides a 'unique window' into the Sinsk mass extinction event.