The City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Environmental Services says that a recent test of an effluent sample taken from Kailua Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant is within the daily permit ...

The human gut microbiome—a dense and diverse ecosystem of microorganisms—plays a critical role in overall health. It aids in ...

The deadly Sydney funnel-web is three distinct species – not one, as previously thought, scientists have confirmed. Spider experts have long suspected the Sydney funnel-web was more than one species ...

New research reveals that damage to these environments is pushing freshwater animals to the edge of extinction, with 24% of species in danger of being wiped out. Thousands of fish, crab and ...

and Enterococcus faecalis. The fact that bacteria across species respond to the same danger signal suggests a universal survival strategy. "Interestingly, human immune cells also recognize ...

"These molecules act as a general danger signal recognized not only by conspecifics but also by bacteria of different species," says Drescher "Peptidoglycans are released when bacteria are killed ...

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans ...

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its relatives, nicknaming it "Big Boy." In research released Monday ...

Scientists in Australia say a group of “unusually large” funnel-web spiders is actually a new species in its own right. Researchers say they used anatomical and DNA comparisons to study ...

A larger and more venomous species of one of the world's deadliest spiders has been confirmed by Australian scientists. Nicknamed 'big boy', it can grow up to 9cm (3.54 inches) compared with 5cm ...

SYDNEY, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world's deadliest. The new funnel-web species has ...

Freshwater ecosystems cover less than 1% of Earth’s surface, but are vital for life on this planet. New research reveals that damage to these environments is pushing freshwater animals to the edge of ...