The blue lagoons of the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin provide a glimpse into the planet’s ancient past.

A finding pushes back the timeline on humankind’s conquest of one of Earth’s harshest environments, and may provide clues about interactions with their hominin relatives.

Birds drifting on the surface of the sea could provide valuable data for oceanographers.

Researchers develop an app that can estimate the biological age of a rodent from its mug shot—and could give a boost to the science of human aging in the process.

With genetic tweaks, researchers can coax corn and other cereals to take in more iron, but sometimes the plants rebel.

In plants ranging from liverworts to wheat, parasitic water molds build intracellular structures analogous to the nutrient-exchanging structures of symbiotic fungi.

Authors of a small study say the two abilities likely evolved in tandem.

Transposon mutagenesis give scientists a rare look at the most important interactions within microbial communities.

The sturgeon restoration study’s outcome won’t be known for decades.