An international team of researchers has identified a new genus and species of subterranean fish living in the water-filled sediments...

Plants cannot flee when their bodies begin to weaken. Instead, they must detect structural damage, identify its source and rapidly...

A microscopic root-dwelling bacterium may hold an unexpectedly powerful key to helping plants survive drought. A study published in Nature...

A plant’s response to excessive sunlight may depend on a detail hidden deep inside the molecular machinery that captures light:...

Bone fractures may be repaired with help from an unexpected source: dormant cells hiding inside skeletal muscle. A study published...

Lung adenocarcinoma, the most frequently diagnosed form of non-small-cell lung cancer, may be influenced by a gene better known for...

A frog that scientists have heard and observed for decades has finally received its own scientific identity. Researchers from the...

Why do two animals confronted with the same information sometimes make entirely different decisions? A new study of wild cichlid...

LA JOLLA, Calif., August 13, 2026—For decades, biologists have been able to catalog many of the chemical reactions that sustain...

A new study has identified a molecular chain that may help explain how chronic inflammation gradually ages the intestine from...