The DNA in a single cup of water can track wildlife, monitor pollution and survey pathogens in waterways and their surroundings, all at the same time. DNA is contained in each cell of every plant, ...

Researchers were unafraid to get their hands "dirty" in an ambitious bid to restore WA's largest island to its pre-colonial ...

Fibers taken from the Shroud of Turin nearly five decades ago still contain a complex record of biological material accumulated over centuries. In research published in Scientific Reports, scientists ...

The idea of having living fungi cover your body might not be the most appealing thing in the world. But what if it was part ...

The mummies of two people who lived in Chile more than 400 years ago carry DNA from smallpox, providing the first molecular ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Marine scientists spent the past two weeks at San Diego County tide pools documenting the diversity of life found along the California coast, kicking off a statewide project ...

Findings more than a decade in the making reveal a rich diversity of beneficial fungi living in boreal forest trees, with implications for the health of forests. Spruce, pine, fir and other trees ...