Most forms of life cannot survive extreme environmental conditions, like excessive temperatures. Likewise, the significant majority of species on our planet have a set lifespan and cannot exist past a ...

The African clawed frog is well designed for life in a pond. With strong hind legs for swimming, an acute sense of smell, and an appetite for practically anything, the sub-Saharan amphibian can now be ...

Scientists have captured audio from the largest living thing on the planet, and it's absolutely haunting. The audio was captured using a hydrophone, which was placed under "Pando," a lone male quaking ...

Here’s a fun fact: The world’s largest organism isn’t a well-fed elephant or a blue whale or even a giant sequoia. It’s a fungus. A Facebook post from July 20 about the Armillaria is one of the latest ...

A UAB research team has managed to track the behaviour of microplastics during their 'journey' through the intestinal tract of a living organism and illustrate what happens along the way. The study, ...

From plants and bacteria to animals and humans, our world is filled with many living things. In fact, there are approximately 8.7 million species of plants and animals in existence, and only 1.2 ...

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is baffling scientists with its erratic speed and unusual light signature. A new preprint ...