Extremophiles found in residential water heaters

Termites play an important role in the ecosystem as decomposers and facilitate nutrient cycling, enhance soil moisture and affect nutrients

New technology offers unprecedented look at life beneath sea ice in an important ocean region

Terrestrial ecosystems are vulnerable to single introduced insect species

From fish to flowering plants and seahorses to snakes—spanning five continents and three oceans—these new discoveries grow Earth's tree of life

Biologists discover the parasite's metabolism speeds up after months of fasting so it can pursue a meal

Two new fossil relatives of marsupials shed light on how a unique island ecosystem evolved some 43 million years ago

Building dams and reservoirs is one of the most common approaches to cope with drought and water shortage

Research from the University of Vermont predicts which species are more likely to become invasive based on biological traits

Ecologists have examined the factors that influence an ecosystem's stability in a unique and comprehensive experiment