A popular idea suggests a link between big brains and a rich social life, but octopuses don't fit the pattern, which suggests ...

Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future is a Monash-led research and workforce development program, funded by the Australian Research Council. SAEF is delivering leading Antarctic and Southern ...

Discover how coastal cities are harnessing osmotic power to meet energy demands by mixing river water with seawater. Each ...

With tide their clock, gravity their compass and sunlight their fuel, animalgae is a deal-breaking bond. Having shed major ...

Spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet have helped researchers map out an ancient coastline that surrounded a large ocean ...

That’s only one problem. Your immune system also has an adaptive system of specialized immune cells and antibodies that attack and destroy invading microbes. This system remembers what those intruders ...

Imagine stepping outside on a clear night, looking up at the stars, only to find the heavens dimmed to a faint, featureless glow. Where once the Milky Way stretched across the sky, now only a handful ...

Tidal turbines harbor the potential to provide a natural, inexhaustible source of power, but have faced some regulatory ...

Mars may have once possessed an ocean at least as large as Earth's Arctic Ocean, a new study suggests. Previous research ...

Some four miles off the Southern California coast, a company is betting it can solve one of desalination’s biggest problems by moving the technology deep ...

Infectious diseases are an increasing threat to wildlife populations globally, and marine mammals are no exception. Dolphins, ...

Levels of molybdenum in soil show that hydrogen sulfide gas wiped out nearly half of all marine life 530 million years ago.