DNA read from Florida lagoon water turned up 11 kinds of harmful algae, most at trace levels and often several at one site.

A UV probe used from up to 8 feet (2.5 meters) away found a translucent calcite layer over the 37,000-year-old charcoal ...

Dye tracing at South Dakota's Wind Cave revealed how surface water can reach underground lakes and aquifers within hours, ...

A seahorse lookalike dredged off South Australia in 2006 belongs to a new genus known from eight specimens, none recorded in the wild since.

Students who dropped their phones in a box before every lecture earned higher grades, and the phone ban helped struggling ...

Collagen-eating microbes spread into oxygen-rich seas as animals diversified, and that shift may explain why Ediacaran fossils are so common.

Fossils found during construction in Oceanside, California, may belong to a giant hoofed mammal that lived 40 to 45 million ...

Video shows that a honey bee stinger works as a tiny, double-piston pump, with collapsing valves that keep pushing venom ...

Scientists created a record-breaking attosecond X-ray flash that could help reveal how electrons move inside atoms and ...

Advertising both eco-friendly ingredients and sustainable packaging can lower a product’s appeal among shoppers who care less ...

An afterschool program focused on replacing sugary drinks with water helped shift children’s BMI in a healthier direction ...

A study of 3.2 million Americans links residents’ openness to new experiences with earlier adoption of Airbnb, Uber, and ...