Should you ever find yourself playing a trivia game on the topic of moths and butterflies, here are a few facts that might ...

Whole-food mycelium is a nutrient-dense fungal biomass that delivers complete protein, functional fiber, and measurable cardiometabolic benefits while offering scalable, lower-impact production ...

For a long time, the origin of complex life has seemed like a chapter torn out of the book of biology. The middle has been ...

New genomic research shows some Asgard archaea, ancestors of plants, animals, and fungi, tolerated and used oxygen. The finding supports the idea that complex life arose after oxygen levels surged and ...

This week in the scientific process: researchers reported the first-ever shark sighted in Antarctic waters. Penguins beware!

A new study suggests that ancient microbes once cast as oxygen haters may have actually learned to use the gas, offering a clue to how the first complex cells — and, eventually, all plants and animals ...

For decades, experts have tried to explain how simple cells evolved into the complex organisms that make up plants, animals ...

A TERRIFYING new dinosaur with a swordlike crest has been compared to a beast from “hell”. The prehistoric predator was found in a remote part of the Sahara after 95 million years in a ...

For decades, scientists have believed that complex life began when two very different microbes joined forces, eventually ...

A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ushikuvirus, it infects amoebae and shows unique traits that connect different ...