Every critter on this planet that relies on a sexual means of reproduction has its own way of luring in a mate – but cuttlefish can do something really special. Male Andrea cuttlefish (Doratosepion ...

Climate change is shifting the weather patterns of Earth in ways that are far-reaching and long-lasting, and a new study details a noticeable rise in extreme weather events in the Arctic, prompted by ...

The liver, working alongside the kidneys and gut, already detoxifies the body around the clock. For most healthy people, ...

A box full of viruses and bacteria has completed its return trip to the International Space Station, and the changes these ...

Inside the cores of ice giant planets, the pressure and temperature are so extreme that the water residing there transitions ...

Close to the summit of an underwater mountain west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a jagged landscape of towers rises from the ...

At what point do "you" end and the outside world begins? It might feel like a weird question with an obvious answer, but your ...

Starfish (aka sea stars) are master climbers. These many-armed invertebrates traverse vertical, horizontal, and even ...

By the late 1990s, scientists realized that virus activity was likely shaping how carbon and nutrients cycled through ocean ...

We've known about the iconic Ring Nebula for nearly 250 years, but it's only now that astronomers have found a giant mystery ...

Teeth that are unusually worn down can also be a sign of acid reflux. This causes stomach acid to seep into the mouth, which ...

In preparation for winter, the common shrew (Sorex araneus) shrinks its brain by 30 percent to conserve precious energy.