The carnivorous pitcher plant is even more carnivorous than previously thought, with a particular taste for spotted salamanders, a study published in Ecology [...]

Thermoregulation role of zebra stripes may not be so black and white Zebras appear to have the ability to raise their black-stripe hair [...]

Table salt may be present in Europa's subsurface ocean Sodium chloride, or table salt, may be present in the ocean beneath the surface [...]

Nitrate contaminants in drinking water could cause cancer, study finds A study published in the journal Environmental Research found that millions of tons [...]

The Chilean crocus: Rediscovered in 2001 after years of searching Number of plant extinctions greater than once thought At least 571 plants have [...]

Longer sun exposure tied to reduced pediatric IBD risk An Australian study in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition linked every 10-minute [...]

A gorgeous new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope depicts Messier 90, a spiral galaxy roughly 60 million light-years away from our own Milky Way [...]

DNA in baby teeth yields clues about Native American origins DNA in baby teeth from a Siberian skeleton that is almost 10,000 years [...]

Studies of pterosaurs, including the reconstructed one pictured above, gave researchers a better idea of the history of feathers, as well as the [...]

PDS 70 is only the second multiplanet system to be directly imaged. Through a combination of adaptive optics and data processing, astronomers were [...]