At age 16, Alexandra Sourakov has her first scientific publication, on the foraging behavior of butterflies.
At age 16, Alexandra Sourakov has her first scientific publication, on the foraging behavior of butterflies.
Japanese astronauts deliver an aquarium to the International Space Station to study the effects of microgravity on marine life.
Rather than rely on plant-derived products, biotech companies are engineering bacteria and yeast to produce ingredients for fragrances.
Guppies with experimentally shrunken brains produced more offspring than guppies bred for larger noggins, confirming a long suspected tradeoff of bigger brains.
A new study finds that an Alaskan population of the fish has quickly evolved in response to warming temperatures.
Revisiting a classic study could overturn the idea that male competition rules reproductive choice.
A nuclear war could have profound effects on crops yields around the world, according to a new study.
A federal appeals court upholds the Environmental Protection Agency’s right to regulate air pollution under the Clean Air Act.
Louisiana’s salt marshes are recovering from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, but some areas have been irreversibly lost.
A single camera unit can capture a moment in time at a mind-boggling resolution.