COLLABORATORS: Brad Higbee, Spider mite webbing in Almonds Spider mites are one of the most important arthropod pests of ...

That trait, which makes a coffee lid or a fishing float so useful, also turns plastic into a long-term guest in places it was ...

Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than a half billion years ago, showing a deep-water ecosystem thriving in the aftermath of the ...

Researchers from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) have developed what they suggest is the first biomaterial that is not only waterproof but that also grows stronger when in contact ...

My little dog Vick is a solid 19 years old. He is blind and deaf, and moves very slowly. We carry him up and down the steps ...

In A Nutshell Researchers created a biodegradable material from shrimp shells and trace nickel that grows nearly 50% stronger when submerged in water, a property never previously achieved artificially ...

Across deserts, ocean floors, and forest undergrowth, a handful of animals have evolved defenses so extreme they strain belief. Bombardier beetles detonate chemical explosions inside their own bodies.

But Harvey-Samuel believes no one single method will save Hawaii’s native birds. His work is at a very early stage, and it could be many years before there are any genetically modified mosquitoes ...

Newly hatched orchid mantises display black–red coloration and change to pink–white coloration after their first moult. This colour transition is mediated by the novel pigment transporter Redboy, ...