From replacement selection to BRD resilience, tissue sampling units provide a fast, clean and reliable path to the genomic ...

A new estimate of insect species globally finds that there may be 8 million to 14 million more species than people thought, ...

Experts have accepted an estimate of around six million living insect species, an appraisal that has stood for the last 40 ...

For 40 years, we thought Earth was home to six million insect species. Turns out, it could be three times that.

Deer, elk, and moose infected with chronic wasting disease can spread the fatal brain illness to other animals long before ...

A study titled "Monitoring major biodiversity stronghold in war zones: model predicts Lake Chad remains Africa's most important wetland for waterbirds" estimates that Lake Chad supports nearly 2.5 ...

Understanding soil nutrients and pH is key to a thriving garden. Learn how to pick the right fertilizer for your plants.

An international team in South Africa has pinned the earliest known use of fire by Homo erectus back to between 1.07 and 1.79 million years ago.

Scientists have shown that it is possible to collect cellular material from historic parchment manuscripts without damaging ...

Photo: Gabe Johnson A rugged mountain-and-valley landscape, the Intag region is remarkable for its cloud forests—lush ...

Workers who handle graphene as a dry powder can be exposed to airborne concentrations far above any proposed safety benchmark ...

Researchers recovered ancient human DNA from cave walls in Spain and Portugal, showing prehistoric people left genetic traces ...