Nematodes discovered in the Great Salt Lake belong to at least one species that is new to science, and possibly two. A ...

How can boiling water springs emerge so close to the shores of a Mediterranean island? This geological question has been answered by a team of researchers who uncovered a hydrothermal field ...

Metagenomics uncovers the full cast of microbes living in environments from soil to the human gut. New methods help ...

Despite facing some of the highest rates of chronic disease later in life, a new study has found remote First Nations ...

With baseline data tracking 3,000 tonnes of polymetallic nodules at a depth of 4,280 metres, the study represents the largest ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

The project provides a baseline for tracking microbial-population shifts with land-use changes and global warming.

If spandrels remind us to look for unintended byproducts in organisms, the metaphor helps us analyze our own conservation ...

The Metals Company wants to be the first firm to commercially mine the seafloor. The study it funded suggests that mining ...

A mix of winter crops can refresh soil naturally. Variations in roots, residues, and soil life work together through the ...

Most of us picture a perfect garden as neat, trimmed, and cleared of every fallen leaf by the time winter arrives.

A research team led by Prof. Sun Chaomin from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) has ...