New research shows that nanoplastics in water can strengthen bacteria, raising concerns about drinking water safety.

While much effort has focused on avoiding anthrax, history has also seen attempts to explore using the bacterial spores to ...

New research shows that the gene PTPN2 helps regulate gut bacteria and plays a key role in protecting the body from excessive inflammation. Scientists at the, Riverside, are uncovering how a single ge ...

Wildfire causes most living things to flee or die, but some fungi thrive afterward, even feasting on charred remains. New ...

Dangerous concentrations of algae such as "red tides" have been consistently emerging in locations around the world. A region in Southern Australia is experiencing a nine-month toxic algae bloom that ...

Scientists have made the first step towards creating new species in the lab. Researchers have used artificial intelligence to ...

Brevard is releasing sterilized male mosquitoes to combat dengue fever, Zika and other mosquito-borne illnesses.

Plastic pollution may be quietly fueling algal blooms by knocking out the grazers that usually keep algae under control.

Research into hibernating animals reveals that memory lives in the cell and life is defined by the persistence of embodied ...

Bangladesh’s soft-shell crab exports are booming, but the Sundarbans’ fragile ecosystem is paying the price as juvenile crabs are harvested and mangrove soil destabilised ...

When a wildfire tears through a landscape, most life retreats or disappears. Plants burn. Animals flee. The soil itself is ...