For many years, scientists believed that life in Utah’s Great Salt Lake was extremely limited. Its caustic, hyper-saline ...

Antarctic icefish have clear blood, no hemoglobin, and antifreeze proteins that let them survive freezing seas.

A new study shows Antarctic penguins are breeding earlier. This may signal broader ecosystem changes driven by climate change ...

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Florida won’t be getting hit with massive blankets of snow and ice like the rest of the U.S., but even frosty windshields and ...

It’s not seaweed. They’ve been called the “lungs of the sea.” And while certain marine microbes could also compete for that ...

Silk may look delicate, but in the wild it functions as a precision-built survival weapon that can trap, restrain, and control prey with terrifying efficiency. This video explores how different ...

Greek writer and philosopher Nikos Kazantzakis once said, “All my life, one of my greatest desires has been to travel, to see ...

Nevada was once home to Prometheus, an ancient bristlecone pine that was also the oldest living organism on the planet. Then ...

A lone penguin from Werner Herzog’s Antarctica documentary becomes a viral symbol of burnout. Here’s what it means and where ...

Ever wondered why you won't find kangaroos outside Australia? It all started with massive climate change millions of years ...