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Chilean researchers have sequenced the full genome of Colobanthus quitensis, one of Antarctica's two native flowering plants. The genetic map could help scientists edit crops for cold, drought and ultraviolet stress.

The black-footed ferret is North America's rarest mammal, with only about 300 estimated to survive in the wild at the end of 2015. The species has been listed as endangered since 1967, and its survival is closely tied to prairie dogs, which provide almost all of its food as well as the burrow systems the ferrets use for shelter.

Just like everything else in the world, even food is coming to have its own trends. From a Mediterranean diet to a protein-rich diet, people are trying everything on the internet to be able to achieve their "ideal" body.

Avocados growing in Nicaragua may carry a remarkable record of ancient human migration across the Americas. A new study published in 'Plants, People, Planet' has found that several avocado varieties growing in Nicaragua are genetically distinct from the commercial varieties commonly found today and are more closely related to avocado populations from South America.

A study in Science says fruit, honey and cooked starches may have fuelled human brain growth. The findings challenge meat-first theories and highlight glucose as a key evolutionary driver.

What happens when a healthy forest is repeatedly hit by the kind of flooding associated with extreme storms and rising seas? Scientists in Maryland decided to find out by bringing the flood to the trees.

A 236-million-year-old fossil from Argentina may have provided the earliest evidence yet that an animal on the evolutionary lineage leading to mammals gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs. The research study published in the 'Frontiers', analysed the bones of 'Chiniquodon theotonicus,' a dog-sized carnivorous cynodont that lived during the Late Triassic.

Scientists say contagious yawning is triggered by seeing or hearing another person yawn. The response points to neural mimicry, social connection and possibly empathy.

Scientists say the developing 2026 El Nino could become one of the strongest on record. The warning matters for India because weaker monsoons can hit crops, prices and water supplies.

Scientists uncover the genetic origins of Friedreich's ataxia, revealing its prevalence among Eurasians due to unique mutations.