Rice coproducts in pig diets add fat and fiber, but too much fiber can decrease energy absorption and digestibility. 

The number of cold-stunning and stranding events among juvenile Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, one of the world’s most endangered species, is increasing at an “alarming” rate and has moved north from Long Island Sound to Cape Cod Bay, say researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, MassAudubon and the University of Rhode Island.

Little life could endure the Earth-spanning cataclysm known as the Great Dying, but plants may have suffered its wrath long before many animal counterparts, says new research led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

For pollinating butterflies, it is more important to be close to forests than to agricultural fields, according to a study by researchers at LiU and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Uppsala. 

Iron is an essential nutrient for plants, animals and also for humans. 

Planes flying over rain or snow can intensify the precipitation by as much as 10-fold, according to a new study.

We know far less about the Earth’s oceans than we do about the surface of the moon or Mars.

Ask anyone who is in pain how their much-needed sleep was, and there’s a good chance they will say it was not great. 

It is already known that Natural Killer cells play an important role in fighting cancer, in both mice and humans. 

An international research team including scientists from the University of Southampton have shown for the first time that the energetic cost of living (the metabolic rate) of fish can be measured in structures that grow in their ears.