Hundreds of volunteers across central North Carolina are part the Haw River Watch Program. Since December 1994, the program ...

Complex life, eukaryotes, traces its origins to a shared ancestor among the Asgard archaea, reshaping our understanding of ...

Recent analysis reveals when probiotics really help and when they don't, amid the boom in improving digestion and overall health.

People who are pregnant or nursing, those who are trying to get pregnant, and children should avoid eating any seafood that contains mercury. Tilefish has the highest amount of mercury, while fish ...

The discovery has raised new questions about how life evolves under extreme conditions and whether these organisms could one ...

Dissecting the regurgitated balls is a popular STEM activity for educators across the country. But where do people find owl ...

Complex life may have started its rise in Earth’s oxygen-free oceans nearly a billion years earlier than anyone imagined.

In a step toward better understanding how the ocean sequesters carbon, new findings from UC Santa Barbara researchers and ...

Ant pupae that are fatally sick don’t hide their condition; instead, they release a special scent that warns the rest of the ...

Researchers from North Carolina State University have confirmed that a species of Rickettsia first seen in dogs in 2018 is a ...

A paper published in November confirms that the Vistra battery fire in Moss Landing in January released heavy metal deposits ...

Fatally infected ant pupae emit a precise chemical signal that triggers workers to disinfect—and sacrifice—them to stop disease spread.