Research: Discovery is good news for conservation, but action is needed to limit fishing...

The discovery of dozens of pregnant giant devil rays accidentally caught in fishing nets in a village along Mexico's northern Gulf of California...

Research: Arctic warming will accelerate climate change and impact global economy —

Carbon released into the atmosphere by the increasing loss of Arctic permafrost, combined with higher solar absorption by Earth's surface due to the...

Research: Auroral ‘speed bumps’ are more complicated, scientists find —

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire Space Science Center find that "speed bumps" in space, which can slow down satellites orbiting closer...

Research: Defying the laws of physics? Engineers demonstrate bubbles of sand —

The flow of granular materials, such as sand and catalytic particles used in chemical reactors, and enables a wide range of natural phenomena,...

Research: Programmable kirigami metamaterials enable responsive surfaces and smart skins —

Bad news for ophiophobes: Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new and...

Research: Neonics hinder bees’ ability to fend off deadly mites —

A University of Guelph study is the first to uncover the impact of neonicotinoid pesticides on honey bees' ability to groom and rid...

Research: Island lizards are expert sunbathers, and researchers find it’s slowing their evolution —

If you've ever spent some time in the Caribbean, you might have noticed that humans are not the only organisms soaking up the...

Research: DNA is managed like climbers’ rope to help keep tangles at bay —

A process that cells use to unravel knotted strands of DNA -- resembling a method used to control climbing ropes -- has been...

Research: New workflow for annotating genomes will help both researchers and undergraduate students —

As genome sequencing becomes cheaper and faster, resulting in an exponential increase in data, the need for efficiency in predicting gene function is...

Research: Thermodynamic magic enables cooling without energy consumption —

Physicists at the University of Zurich have developed an amazingly simple device that allows heat to flow temporarily from a cold to a...

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