Scientists have found that a single tree can be home to a trillion microbial cells — an invisible ecosystem that is only ...

Dr. Cheng’s latest book, “Unequal: The Math of When Things Do and Don’t Add Up,” is all about equations and will be released in the United States on Tuesday. But it is more than a regurgitation of the ...

Warwick primatologists, in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute, have shown that young orangutans develop their nighttime nest-building skills via observational social learning—by closely ...

Scientists have discovered which animal was the first to branch off from our collective common ancestor. For years, debate had raged over whether the first to diverge was the sea sponge or the comb ...

Researchers explain how trees in the rainforest efficiently recycle water through rain to keep themselves hydrated in the dry ...

Knot theory is a branch of topology that has surprisingly practical applications, such as understanding how proteins coil DNA and how molecular structures remain stable. The theory’s central question: ...

In a slow, invisible process, leaves, wood and roots are gradually decomposed—not by wind or weather, but by millions and millions of tiny organisms.