New species of the plants are still being discovered, and their parasitic biology is being probed for potential cancer ...

Claims that poinsettias can cause serious health problems or death in pets greatly exaggerate their risk, experts say.

Fossils can reveal far more than the shapes of ancient creatures. Molecules preserved inside old animal bones provide clues about past diseases, what those animals ate, and the climates they lived in.

More than a billion years ago, in a shallow basin across what is now northern Ontario, a subtropical lake much like ...

Plants form a critical model for understanding regulated cell death (RCD) as part of their sophisticated immune responses. In the ongoing evolutionary arms ...

DNA extracted from mosquito blood meals revealed traces of 86 vertebrate species, helping scientists track entire ecosystems.

Nancy Shute talks about life’s complexities, from its evolution on Earth as a single cell to complex human behavior.

You’ve heard the slogans: save the whales, protect our pollinators. You may have lamented the decline of polar bears or the last of the northern white rhinos. But scientists are only beginning to ...

A head-to-head analysis of four plant-based menus reveals that vegan and vegetarian diets can rival Mediterranean diets in terms of nutrient quality, while reducing carbon footprints by up to 46 %.

It’s the AI-nimal Kingdom. The internet is becoming inundated with AI-generated wildlife clips, from bizarre interspecies playdates to animal trampoline sessions. While they might be adorable, these ...

Fungi’s evolutionary roots stretch far deeper than once believed — up to 1.4 billion years ago, long before plants or animals appeared. Using advanced molecular dating and gene transfer analysis, ...