An Oxford academic has theorized about what might happen if humans were to go extinct and reveals which species could take ...

Learn more about Fiji’s iguana species and how they likely used natural rafts to float to Fiji some 34 million years ago.

Fungi are among the most important organisms on Earth. Even though most of the world's described 157,000 fungal species are ...

Fungi are among the most important organisms on Earth. Even though most of the world's described 157,000 fungal species are ...

Animals, plants and many other living organisms inhale oxygen to "burn" (oxidize) compounds like sugar into CO2 and water—a ...

Researchers identified the new species of marine sponge using a technique that looks at both genes and structural ...

Animals, plants and many other living organisms inhale oxygen to "burn" (technically: oxidize) compounds like sugar into CO2 and water - a process ...

The oldest lake in the world dates back about 25 million years and is also the world's deepest and most biologically diverse ...

Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight?

Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight? Some ...

Some experts think “xenobot” cells that reorganize themselves after death signify a form of consciousness—while others ...