Scientists in Japan discovered Physalia mikazuki, a new venomous jellyfish species carried north by warm currents.

Vertebrates have extremely different brain sizes: even with the same body size, brain size can vary a hundredfold. As a rule, ...

Exposure and Health Risks of Highway-Associated Heavy Metal Pollution in Orchard Soils and Fruits in Eastern Uganda. Green ...

A 50-year study says more Vibrio infections correlate with rising water temperatures, representing “a direct impact on human ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans break the conventions for how species should be named – but Bae argues the r ...

Land plants—such as mosses, ferns and trees—are some of the most structurally complex photosynthesizing organisms on Earth.

Octopuses, squids, cuttlefish and other animals in the cephalopod family are well known for their ability to camouflage, changing the color of their skin to blend in with the environment. This ...