Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

Anxiety, the psychological and physiological state characterized by an anticipation of potential threats and a heightened ...

Sunlight is critical to life on Earth, but excessive exposure to sunlight can cause serious harm. Infrared rays can cause ...

Migration of these microscopic animals – known as a 'seasonal migrant pump' – supports carbon sequestration in the Southern ...

The past several years have been marked by an increase in the frequency and severity of wildfires in the western United ...

Respiration is the physiological process through which oxygen in the environment can be exchanged with carbon dioxide from an organism. This process requires specialized organs such as the lungs ...

The eruption of the underwater Hunga volcano emitted the highest plume of ash ever recorded-an event that was visible from ...

The carbon dioxide that results from respiration in and around deep roots is an essential component in the chemical ...

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like this one ...

Tiny ocean zooplankton play a massive role in trapping carbon deep below the surface, offering a hidden buffer against ...

It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants ...

Sacoglossan sea slugs, discreet inhabitants of coral reefs, hide an astonishing secret. Unlike other animals, they can "steal ...