FORT MYERS, Florida — The Sunshine State is famously a place where people go for a fresh start. In the political realm, a looming Florida congressional Republican primary is testing the outer ...

Even though it's high summer in the Antarctic, the ocean around the Rothera research station is -1 Celsius.

Australia is doing absolutely everything to protect its most iconic ecosystem — except, perhaps, the one thing that really ...

The new owners of Boivin intend to present fresh versions of some classic designs in March at the European Fine Art Foundation fair in the Netherlands.

Starfish move without a brain by using tiny feet that react locally to pressure and weight during crawling across surfaces.

Starfish, also known as sea stars, are equipped with an almost alien-like anatomy. Despite lacking a brain, blood, and ...

Starfish (aka sea stars) are master climbers. These many-armed invertebrates traverse vertical, horizontal, and even ...

Synthetic pheromones may be a promising tool in attracting and culling troublesome crown-of-thorns starfish, which rapidly ...

A new study has uncovered a hidden step that helps the deadliest malaria parasite survive and multiply inside the human body.

Termites did not evolve complex societies by adding new genetic features. Instead, scientists found that they became more ...

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