Scorpions wield some of the natural world's most formidable built-in weapons, from crushing pincers to venomous stingers.

Why are there so many species of coral reef fish? According to a new study, it's because about 50 million years ago, some fish figured out how to bite food from hard surfaces.

In addition to habitat loss and illegal hunting, the jaguar (Panthera onca) faces another threat that increases its risk of extinction in the South American Atlantic Forest: food scarcity. A study by ...

Researchers at Skoltech have developed an ultra-compact electro-optic modulator based on silicon photonics and plasmonics ...

Eggs and poultry provide important sources of protein globally, driving a major industry with large economic impacts.

After nearly four decades, the world's longest-running soil warming experiment is revealing a surprising result: even "stable ...

Natural rubber, tapped from trees as latex, is the world's most widely used bio-elastomer. Comprising long molecular chains ...

Scientists at the University of East Anglia have uncovered a hidden property of light that allows it to twist, spin and ...

Researchers from the National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Nagoya City University, and Tokyo Metropolitan Institute ...

Anyone who has ever used a microscope knows that it takes time to bring a sample into sharp focus. Each time you move the ...

The first study to measure the full economic value of bottom trawling in Europe's waters calculates that the destructive ...

Shielding materials are essential in key modern industrial settings—such as spacecraft, nuclear power plants, semiconductor ...