When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...

A new study explores how complex chemical mixtures change under shifting environmental conditions, shedding light on the ...

Nations around the globe are investigating potential futures. Scientists reveal which produce may soon fill grocery store shelves — and which may vanish completely first appeared on The Cool Down.

In a time of biting cost-of-living challenges, economic adversity and environmental crisis, science and innovation can chart a stronger future for ...

How animals adapt to toxic ecological niches is poorly understood. This study shows that Drosophila busckii has evolved a tolerance to DMDS, a potent insecticide, likely due to an insensitivity in ...

Staff have been asked to look at the title or abstract of the research proposal, checking whether any of the worrisome terms ...

Satellite records show spectacular vegetation growth coinciding with the first year of the pandemic. Researchers investigated whether lockdowns played a role.

Scientists and schoolteachers have teamed up to design training and classroom materials that help educators understand and ...

President Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs to head NOAA. Some former NOAA employees are concerned about Jacobs' scientific ...

Research in the Department of Biological Sciences covers a broad range of biological disciplines across multiple hierarchical levels including molecular biology, microbiology, animal physiology, ...

Researchers warn that if this trend continues, entire species could disappear, leading to the collapse of ecosystems. A new ...

Some biologists speculate that animals will get smaller with global warming to reduce heat stress. While this may be true of warm-blooded animals, what about exotherms like insects? Thanks to a ...