Scientists uncover their unique system for balancing ions and water. The findings may hint at why beetles are the most diverse animals on Earth.
New study finds blooms of blue-green algae can seed the air with a poisonous pollutant.
A sweeping survey of land-based ecosystems finds that very few still support all the animals they used to. Reintroducing lost species could help.
A new study estimates that invasive species have cost the world more than $1 trillion since 1970. That’s almost certainly an underestimate.
Honeybees use pheromones and flapping wings to tell each other where to find the queen — so they can all be together.
Some 95 percent of kelp forests along its northern coast are gone. Meanwhile, sea otters are helping slow the loss of surviving kelp farther south.
A trio of new studies links immune changes and high blood pressure to inhaling bad air.
Calves that receive the 14-week treatment belch less of the greenhouse gas, possibly due to shifts in their gut microbes.
The plant deters mosquitoes and fruit flies by triggering a chemical receptor that, in some animals, senses pain and itch.