Scientists have analyzed more than 40 years of astronomical data to uncover evidence that the sun's internal structure subtly ...

For decades, the basics of plant growth have been taught in grade school: Plants make their food out of water from the soil, light from the sun and carbon dioxide from the air in a process called ...

Back from the brink. Under a microscope at Chester Zoo, UK, a greater Bermuda snail (Poecilozonites bermudensis) awaits its ...

Mycobacteria are a group of microorganisms with defined characteristics, widely distributed in various environments, including water and soil. They can be classified into mycobacteria causing ...

Icy moons circling the outer planets may be far more dynamic—and explosive—than they appear. New research suggests that when ...

In among all that life, the swamplands can cut a striking image. Lake Mai Ndombe, and its neighbor Lake Tumba, are both what’s known as “blackwater” lakes – the water, darkened by millennia of dead ...