Ushering in the vortex is a winter storm, the third one of the week, which will track from the Intermountain West on Friday ...

The coldest burst of Arctic air this season is coming to put an icy exclamation point on America’s winter of repeated polar ...

Researchers and citizen scientists took samples of environmental DNA from saliva on backyard hummingbird feeders and agave ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species -- according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out since 1750 -- twice the number of animal species lost. But which species ...

Othram Labs uses a process they call Forensic Grade Genome Sequencing. The process works to connect family members’ DNA to ...

"It really proves that life... uh... finds a way," said Shreveport Aquarium, Louisina's curator of live animals, Greg Barrick ...

This important study presents compelling observational data supporting a role for transcription and polysome accumulation in the separation of newly replicated bacterial chromosomes. The study is ...

On this week's episode: asteriod Bennu has building blocks of life, how polar bears keep ice off their fur, a dog discovers a new species of truffle, defecating improves cognitive performance, and ...

A recent study has confirmed what scientists have long suspected – the devastating link between climate change, melting sea ice, and the decline of polar bears. Unlike previous research that only ...

There's something about polar bears that's always puzzled the people who study them. How do they seem to repel snow? The animals spend their lives in cold climates, sometimes rolling around in ...

Polar bears are exceptionally strong swimmers. They can swim for days at a time and speeds of up to 10 kilometers per hour. Polar bear DNA can be extracted from footprints in the snow, even containing ...