Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has found strong evidence that a plant's ability to reproduce on its own—through ...

According to fossils preserved by volcanic ash, the plants, known as angiosperms, began producing relatively large, blueberry ...

How to tell the difference between a common frog and a common toad; Think toads are ugly? Think again – as these stunning ...

The human-made cells show many hallmarks of life, but they can't make all their necessary internal structures or divide for ...

The first animals on Earth took millions of years to evolve, a slowness that surprises paleontologists. How to explain it ...

The world’s life-forms reproduce sexually in a bewildering variety of ways, even though scientists still aren’t sure why they bother.

Artist’s impression of an Ediacaran animal community. Credit: Hugo Salais A new study suggests evolution stayed stuck for millions of years until sexual reproduction helped unleash a burst of ...

At first glance, a solar farm in Minnesota looked like any other clean energy project, with neat rows of panels built to send electricity onto the grid. Then workers planted native prairie flowers and ...

Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 after the explosion. Credit: 資源エネルギー庁 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 4.0 A new genetic study has revealed how escaped domestic pigs rapidly mixed with wild boar ...

A new Japanese study has decoded why the population of radioactive pig-boar hybrids is on the rise in Fukushima, the epicentre of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This rainforest tree solved one of evolution’s hardest ...

SINGAPORE — The general manager of a Tuas incineration plant (TIP) has been fined $145,000 after a 2021 explosion led to the death of two employees. On Nov 20, Ng Wah Yong, 56, pleaded guilty to one ...