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At about 2 centimeters in length, Thiomargarita magnifica tests scientists’ notions of how large microbes can grow.

The Scientist spoke with cognitive neuroscientist Ronen Segev about how he taught goldfish to maneuver a moveable tank over land toward a visual target.

Moving collectively on the water surface could help protect schools of fish from being eaten by predatory birds.

Intrigued by an optical illusion he experienced while traveling in Scotland, Robert Addams wrote what is now considered one of the definitive observational accounts of so-called motion aftereffects.

Having two different endosymbionts may allow the ciliate Pseudoblepharisma tenue to live in both oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor zones of the muddy bogs of southern Germany.

So far, the bulk of the identified water molecules are too distant from one another to form ice or liquid.

The three smaller water bodies join a previously discovered lake buried beneath ice at the red planet’s south pole.

Unable to break through the water’s surface, tadpoles have a unique workaround for breathing air.

Buoyancy techniques used by spiders and ants inspire the development of floating aluminum discs.

The majority of lakes studied experienced increased bloom intensity over the past few decades.

Researchers say the Open Agricultural Initiative promoted a high-profile project with misleading claims, and documents show it violated state environmental regulations.

The developers envision their device could be used to collect water samples in hazardous environments.

The repeal will return the US to water standards from 1986.

Scientists hope to breed the species in captivity because their habitat has nearly disappeared.

Scientists cultivate sulfate-reducing microbes from some of the oldest-known water on Earth.

A new report finds no evidence of a current danger from microplastics, but the World Health Organization urges further research.

The authors of the study that found the association say more research is needed on maternal fluoride and child IQ.

An analysis of the scars left by long-gone flows reveals that Mars’s rivers may have run even when scientists thought the planet was drying out.

Sea snakes wait in thirst for “lenses” of freshwater forming on the surface of the ocean after a heavy rain.