Red blood is the exception, not the rule. Evolution has painted it green, purple and white in animals that push physiology ...

Scientists have known that Mars is rich in strange chemicals, especially chlorine-based compounds found by orbiters, rovers, ...

If scientists are able to inspect it in person, and they find that Mars was indeed once alive with microbes, we would know ...

Researchers find that microbes on tree bark can alter greenhouse and toxic gases, shaping climate and air quality beyond ...

James Dyke is an associate professor of earth system science and assistant director of the Global Systems Institute at the ...

These bacteria don’t eat food or breathe air like we do. All they need is to complete a circuit; that’s enough for them to ...

The origin of the first living molecules on our planet has long been debated. However, recent experiments are revealing new ...

A study by scientists at Penn State and NASA shows that intact biomolecules from dormant microbes break down much more slowly ...

In his new National Geographic series Pole to Pole, the actor ventures deep into the Amazon in search of creatures whose ...

His nursery, known for its thousands of camellias and azaleas, was severely damaged in last year’s fires, and now Nuccio is ...

On January 12, 2010, a powerful earthquake struck Haiti, collapsing buildings across Port-au-Prince and nearby towns and ...