A powerful new technique reveals the mechanical environment of cells in their natural habitat, the living embryo, outlines a new report. Whether building organs or maintaining healthy adult tissues, ...

NEW YORK — Some living things can light up dark places without help from the sun. While fireflies are the best-known bioluminescent creatures, other species of insect, fungi, bacteria, jellyfish and ...

We expect destruction to come from something obviously terrible, such as nuclear war or a giant asteroid plunging towards Earth. But a much gentler threat may be the death of the world’s largest ...

The new waterfront residences in East Boston already have tenants: a snail and two mussels that have snuggled into the crevices and pockets of an undulating concrete panel attached to a vertical sea ...