With heart attacks, every second counts. A new blood test diagnoses them in minutes rather than hours and could be adapted as a tool for first responders and people at home.

Chickpeas are a drought-resistant legume plant with a high protein content.

The microbes that cycle nutrients in the ocean don’t do the work on their own – the viruses that infect them also influence the process.

When most people think of fungi, they think of the part you can see: mushroom caps poking through the soil.

Dozens of studies have demonstrated that nitrogen pollution, due mainly to the burning of fossil fuels and agricultural practices, is causing plant biodiversity losses worldwide.

Although all ecosystems are affected by a changing climate, the impacts can take a while to appear.

Animals that hunt in the dark with sonar may not be able to tell junk from squids.

The key to more accurate rainfall predictions may lie in the intricate dance of falling snowflakes, a new study has found. 

Rivers in the Amazon basin fell to record-low levels in October 2024 as drought gripped vast areas of South America. 

The massive spacecraft heads for Europa to search for signs of whether the ocean thought to exist beneath the moon’s icy shell could support life.