Carpenter ants give each other wet, slobbery kisses to make sure the colony keeps working like a well-oiled social 'machine',...
Here's another reminder of the precarious position that the world's climate and ecosystems are in: a new study estimates that...
An exceptional amber deposit from roughly 40 million years ago has captured a rare form of parental care in plants – so rare...
Herpes simplex is the criminal genius of viruses, breaking into the cells lining our more delicate body parts before finding...
When looking for signs of life on Mars, we need to look out for 'false fossils' that may be abundant on the Red Planet, according...
Remains of a toothless, two-legged dinosaur species that lived some 70 million years ago has been discovered in Brazil, researchers...
In 2015, paleontologists announced a stunning discovery. Preserved in Cretaceous rock from Brazil was the complete skeleton of...
For the satellites spinning around Earth, using electricity to ionize and push particles of xenon gets them to go where they...
A new laboratory-stage mRNA vaccine that teaches the immune system to recognize the saliva from tick bites could prevent these...
Plants and trees choose where to put down their roots based on the surrounding environment, and as the world's climate shifts,...