The World Glacier Monitoring Service, domiciled at the University of Zurich, has compiled worldwide data on glacier changes for more than 120 years. T...
In the virtual worlds of climate modeling, forests and other vegetation are assumed to bounce back quickly from extreme drought. But that assumption i...
It's no surprise that some frogs secrete poison from glands in their skin. But researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on ...
Two labs in China have independently succeeded in transforming skin cells into neurons using only a cocktail of chemicals, with one group using human ...
They are some of the most interesting and unique creatures in the oceans - deep-sea life. Most people can identify a shark or sea turtle or whale, but...
Horses share some surprisingly similar facial expressions to humans and chimps, according to new University of Sussex research. Mammal communication r...
Y gastric bypass surgery reached certain blood alcohol concentrations in half the number of drinks compared to women who didn't have the surgery, ...
An international team of astronomers studying 200,000 galaxies has measured the energy generated within a large portion of space more precisely than e...
Scientists have found that a newly identified and highly infectious tadpole disease is found in a diverse range of frog populations across the world. ...
Nutrient-rich water from melting Antarctic glaciers nourishes the ocean food chain, creating feeding "hot spots" in large gaps in the sea ic...