Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s ...

Alpine lakes across the American West, long prized for their crystalline water and stark beauty, are losing their clarity. Sediment records spanning more than four centuries show that algal growth in ...

For decades, ecologists have known that how a species looks or eats affects its environment. But a new study by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, shows that social behavior ...

Under the microscope, plankton becomes an unlikely star as artist Jess Holz documents their movements to highlight both their ...

In a study published in Journal of the American Chemical Society, a research team led by Prof. JIANG Ling and Prof. LI Gang from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy ...

LEGO has unveiled the “Claude Monet – Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies” set, developed in collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art The 3,179-piece set recreates Monet’s 1899 oil painting ...

In the murky waters of Ushiku-numa, a freshwater pond just northeast of Tokyo, a microscopic drama has been playing out for eons, entirely unseen. Here, single-celled amoebae drift through the silt, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Relatives reportedly have identified the children as Howard, 6, Kaleb, 8, and EJ, 9 The boys' mom told a local news station that ...

Scientists are warning that a little-known group of microbes called free-living amoebae may pose a growing global health threat. Found in soil and water, some species can survive extreme heat, ...

Dramatic photos and video show firefighters crawling across dangerously thin ice to rescue a golden retriever that fell through a frozen pond during a morning walk. Firefighters in Rhode Island raced ...

A new report finds that while Cape Cod's drinking water is excellent, its coastal and freshwater bodies are under stress from pollution. A majority of Cape Cod's coastal embayments and a significant ...