Developmental and synthetic biologist Michael Levin redefines what life really is, how intelligence works, and what the ...

Some plants display animal-like behaviors. Sundew hunts insects. Skunk cabbage generates heat. Witchweed steals nutrients.

It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants ...

Within the animal kingdom, a naturally produced molecule known as itaconate serves a prominent role in the immune system as a defensive agent against viruses and inflammation. Itaconate is classified ...

Nowhere, however, will you find more undeveloped urban canyons spread throughout a city than in San Diego. According to the ...

Even if we can't see them, microorganisms are everywhere, inextricably linked to life on Earth at every level. They range from pathogenic bacteria and viruses that can make us sick to the microbes ...

Treating the injured plants with the local anesthetic benzocaine produced the strongest photonic signals. The idea that some plants and animals can glow is not ... differentiate it from other ...

The people of ancient Greece are known for many things, but have we ever thought about what their relationship with the ...

They are the foundation of complex, multicellular life including all animals, plants and fungi ... by shedding light on the conditions and processes that might allow complex life to arise ...

The Untamed River and the Life It BringsBy James C. ScottYale University Press In Praise of Floods, the final published work by ...

Life on Earth blooms with wild ingenuity. From phosphorescent fungi feeding in the undergrowth to chameleons flicking tongues ...