This unassuming octopus pairs bacterial chemistry with evolutionary efficiency to deliver one of the most powerful defenses ...

Your washing machine, surprisingly, is a breeding ground for odour-causing microbes. Modern cold washes allow bacteria and ...

Some 80 million years ago, the late Cretaceous oceans were patrolled by 17-meter mosasaurs, long-necked plesiosaurs, and ...

From city air to drinking water, microplastics are becoming impossible to avoid. EU-funded researchers are now exploring how ...

The discovery, using novel techniques to analyze fossilized jaws, details how colossal octopuses hunted the Late Cretaceous ...

Scientists have discovered a thriving ecosystem of microbes living in extreme conditions deep beneath the seabed of the Amundsen Sea, raising new questions ...

A kraken-like octopus that could grow to more than 18 metres long may have been one of the fiercest predators in the oceans, ...

Your kitchen sponge, a breeding ground for millions of microbes, emits foul odors as bacteria thrive in its moist, food-laden ...

CHARLESTON — Fill a cup with water from Charleston Harbor and it will almost certainly be riddled with microplastics. That’s ...

New research shows animals lose helpful bacteria when connected habitats are broken. This weakens their defense against ...

There's a certain version of history most of us were taught in school — the kind that feels neatly packaged, slightly ...

Diving in the Great African Seaforest, with its tightly packed towering kelp stipes that can rise up to 9 meters, or 30 feet, ...