Some immune defenses of the brain may have their roots in the gut. A new study in mice finds that immune cells are first trained in the...

A deadly starfish disease has rampaged the oceans turnings hundreds of starfish into goo. This ailment was first observed in starfish...

Placebos can make us feel better. Mild electric zaps to the brain can make that effect even stronger, scientists report online May 3 in...

Cotton plants native to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula may all look the same — unkempt and untamed bushes with flowers that shift from pale...

Clumps of brain cells grown from the stem cells of two people with neurological syndrome show signs of the disorder. The results,...

From roses to dogwoods to rice, flowering plants are among the most diverse and successful organisms on the planet. More than 350,000...

A Venus flytrap’s short-term “memory” can last about 30 seconds. If an insect taps the plant’s sensitive hairs only once, the trap...

Ticks should fear us as much as we fear them. In the lab, scientists discovered, that ticks contain a bacterial resistant protein, Dae2,...

Tiny holes in three fossil clams reveal that by 75 million years ago, ancient octopuses were deviously drilling into their prey. The find...

For most of their lives, plants in the Sapria genus are barely anything — thin ribbons of parasitic cells winding inside vines in...

For corals, baby fat is food. Coral mothers send their offspring into the world with a balanced meal of fat and algae, but baby corals...

By re-creating the conditions for an aurora in the lab, researchers have confirmed how these bright, shimmery curtains of light form. The...

Infectious bacteria that are down but not quite dead yet may be more dangerous than previously thought. Even as one antibiotic causes the...

Since the modern era of research on autism began in the 1980s, questions about social cognition and social brain development have been of...

Slathering corals in a common antibiotic seems to temporarily soothe a mysterious tissue-eating disease, new research suggests. Just off...

When blasted with ultraviolet radiation, a newly discovered species of tardigrade protects itself by glowing blue. Tardigrades,...

Using blobs of skin cells from frog embryos, scientists have grown creatures unlike anything else on Earth, a new study reports. These...

Malaria parasites survive tough times by not being too clingy. During Africa’s dry season, when mosquitoes are scarce, malaria parasites...

A more acidic ocean could give some species a glow-up. As the pH of the ocean decreases as a result of climate change, some...

The lively blue tones of morpho butterflies wings have actually long astounded not just lepidopterists but also chemists. The latter's...