Most people are familiar with the flash of fireflies. But perhaps less well known, but just as intriguing, are the displays of click beetles and railroad worms, which are a type of beetle larva

What kind of vegetation makes buffer zones most efficient at removing nitrogen from runoff?

“If this holds true for our own microbiomes, it suggests that microbes are always becoming more specialized for competing in their local environment in subtle ways,” says researcher

Researchers at Sandia, Northeastern develop method that could also work on other diseases

Bioelectrodes also have a big appetite for waste and are ready to be scaled up and used to clean up industrial sites while producing electricity as a byproduct

Doctoral student earns national recognition for research to restore soil at historic mines

Targeting genes by the thousands

While some of today’s solar cells use a blend of cadmium and tellurium to convert light into electricity, adding the optimum amount of selenium in the right places could help increase efficiency

To restore the grasslands of the Great Plains, a Nebraska ecologist says, bring back high intensity fires

The research could help automakers meet automotive recycling regulations that have been adopted in Europe and could be on the way to the United States

The bacteria that the researchers studied guide the early development of our intestines, train our immune systems to fight pathogens and may even affect our moods and behavior

Adam Greenberg discusses his research in this Q&A with Laura Otto of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's news office