Water is so commonplace that we often take it for granted.

A scorpion native to Eastern Mexico may have more than just toxin in its sting.

To absorb incoming sunlight, plants and certain kinds of bacteria rely on a light-harvesting protein complex containing molecules called chromophores.

Visible imagery from NASA’s Aqua satellite showed Tropical Cyclone Vayu has a compact central dense overcast cloud cover. 

Suppose you have 10 taxis in Manhattan.

Your blood pressure does not drop during a sauna visit – it rises, as well as your heart rate. 

Playing computer games could help improve people’s peripheral vision, new research reveals.

Farmers have been innovators and experimenters for millennia. 

Six different colour morphs of the elusive Asiatic golden cat have been discovered in Northeast India – with the findings being hailed as "an evolutionary puzzle" – as the world’s greatest number of different coloured wild cat species in one area are reported.

Monkeys living in South America are highly vulnerable to climate change and face an “elevated risk of extinction”, according to a new University of Stirling-led study.