King’s lomatia is a single clonal plant that has survived for over 43,000 years. Here’s how it’s outlasted ice ages, climate ...

The spotted knapweed appears as a purple flower, but is an invasive weed that damages ecosystems. MDARD is seeking public ...

Did you know humans might have had a third eye, if it weren't for evolution? A common misconception is that evolution is a long chain of progress, where organisms gain cool, new features over time.

A new study has uncovered a hidden step that helps the deadliest malaria parasite survive and multiply inside the human body.

Wolverines in the lower 48 States were trapped, hunted and poisoned to near extinction in the late 1800s and early 1900s and have not recovered — just the opposite in ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising genetic shift that may explain how animals with backbones—from fish and frogs to ...

In many species, sex isn’t fixed for life, and some animals can switch from male to female as part of a reproductive strategy. This process, called sequential hermaphroditism, allows individuals to ...

There has been growing news about “avian bird flu” (highly pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1) over the past several years.