Earth's oceans could one day turn purple. Nearly three fourths of Earth is covered by oceans, making the planet look like a ...

Glaciers hold almost 70% of the world’s freshwater. Scientists issue urgent warning after discovering major threat in the ...

Due to Arctic warming, fossilized microbes buried in Arctic ice and soil may wake up. The fear is that these pathogens will ...

Since covid brought the world to a standstill in 2020, thoughts have turned to what the next global pandemic could be.

Melting ice in the Arctic could unleash deadly 'zombie' viruses, an international panel of scientists has warned.

Observing and monitoring Earth's weather patterns from space via satellites is an effective way to get big-picture views of what is happening with our climate. Scientists can use this data when they ...

Climate change is creating new pathways for the spread of infectious diseases like brucellosis, tularemia, or E. coli in the ...

In a remote Siberian lab, scientists are dissecting a 130,000-year-old mammoth calf—one of the best-preserved ever found.

The first-of-its-kind in-depth bacterial evolutionary map could pave the way for the development of precision treatments for certain antibiotic-resistant infections, such as urinary tract infections.

Certain antibiotic-resistant infections could be treated with precision medicine in the future, thanks to a new resource mapping plasmids the ultimate vehicle of rapid bacterial evolution.