Fast-rising temperatures can change how plants and animals behave and disrupt the delicate timing of pollination.

New findings challenge assumptions about species’ ability to persist under climate change. Following a nine-year study of over 100,000 individual Drummond's rockcress plants – a common plant found in ...

We’re at the precipice of a mass extinction, of all plants across the East Coast,” said Prof. Bethany Bradley of UMass. “If ...

Research leverages these similarities, using animals like mice, dogs, and zebrafish to understand human health and disease. On a genetic level, humans actually share a surprising amount of DNA ...

His findings highlight an evolutionary adaptation of primates to ... is genetic material shed from animals and plants that scientists can use to tell what kinds of organisms are living in ...

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Part spoof and part serious, the film is about mythmaking as much as it is about music. The result is delightfully destabilizing. By Alissa Wilkinson During every scene of this western, I couldn ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Fossils are the imprinted remains of ancient creatures, forgotten about by the world, hidden in rocks under our feet ...

From creatures that wield tools to others that can regrow entire limbs, these adaptations aren’t just odd… they’re ingenious. Ready to be amazed by the animal kingdom’s weirdest success stories? Let’s ...

From creatures that wield tools to others that can regrow entire limbs, these adaptations aren’t just odd… they’re ingenious. Ready to be amazed by the animal kingdom’s weirdest success stories? Let’s ...