Carbon monoxide plays a role in both air pollution and climate change.

Deep in the waterlogged peat of salt marshes, carbon is stored at much greater rates than in land ecosystems, serving as an offset to climate change due to carbon dioxide (CO2) build-up in the atmosphere.

This summer, NOAA researchers are studying an unusual feature of Lake Huron: giant sinkholes.

The ocean is vast, and fish swim.

When the body is fending off an infection, there are changes in temperature, pH balance, and metabolism.

The CRISPR genome-editing system is best-known for its potential to correct disease-causing mutations and add new genes into living cells.

While analyzing interactions between parasites and hosts, a substantial amount of research has been devoted to studying the methods parasitic organisms use to control host behavior.

Many wild southern sea otters in California are infected with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, yet the infection is fatal for only a fraction of sea otters, which has long puzzled the scientific community.

Why is it that you can remember the name of your childhood best friend that you haven't seen in years yet easily forget the name of a person you just met a moment ago? 

Foods fried in vegetable oil are popular worldwide, but research about the health effects of this cooking technique has been largely inconclusive and focused on healthy people.