A University of Arizona study finds scientists are discovering 16,000 new species annually — and DNA tools may reveal ...

An electronic nose modeled on insect antennae simultaneously identifies gas mixtures and pinpoints their three-dimensional ...

Scientists say Earth could contain billions of undiscovered species, and new DNA tools may accelerate discoveries faster than ever.

Mosquitoes transmit several pathogens of public health importance, including malaria, dengue, chikungunya and Zika. These ...

Whereas humans have one receptor on their tongues that can detect all sorts of sweet things, from real sugar to artificial sweeteners like aspartame, insects have many receptors that each detect ...

Gerber Products Company issued a recall for its Arrowroot Biscuits on January 26 due to the possible presence of plastic or ...

For nearly two centuries, a small brown frog living in Southeast Asian rainforests was considered a single, well-understood ...

New genetic research suggests a common Southeast Asian frog long believed to be one species could actually be six or seven ...

The rise of generic products has eroded the company's competitiveness in manufacturing the herbicide, motivating a shift in ...

Word of the Day: Though rarely used in casual conversation, crepuscular remains one of the English language’s most evocative adjectives. Rooted in Latin and enriched by both science and literature, it ...

From director Daniel Chong, Pixar’s latest is conceptually imaginative, but politically and dramatically timid The post ...