Colorful pigments may have helped cactus relatives tolerate drought before succulence became a major survival strategy.

Mountain plant extinctions are climbing on Europe's highest summits, and a shrinking patch of ground is the first sign of one ...

Steel, cement, aluminum, and fertilizer sit behind a fifth of global emissions, and a carbon price floor could raise $200 ...

A fruit fly can taste food all over its body. New research shows how those signals travel through the brain to control eating ...

Ancient iron deposits reveal how mountain building and the spread of land plants transformed Earth's iron cycle over the past ...

Coastal marshes lock away carbon for centuries. But when they erode, that buried carbon slips sideways into the sea.

Helpful bacteria may protect tomato plants from bacterial canker while also supporting stronger growth under controlled ...

New gravity data reveal a major temperature divide deep inside Mars, with the southern interior hundreds of degrees hotter ...

A newly traced brain circuit compares what you see now with what you saw moments ago, helping shape whether you stick with a ...

Researchers recorded a porpoise becoming trapped in a fishing net, capturing sounds that could help scientists develop safer ...

Early paternal care shaped later behavior and brain gene activity in threespine sticklebacks, with effects lasting for months.

A new mathematical model suggests memory becomes worthwhile only when organisms have enough energy and face the right level ...