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Coral bleaching is caused by changes in ocean temperatures which harm Symbiodinium, leading corals to lose their symbiotic Symbiodinium and subsequently starve to death. Credit:...

Of the more than 1,000 verified planets found by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, eight are less than twice Earth-size and in their stars' habitable...

Researchers have found that a "hot Jupiter" exoplanet named WASP-121b (left) has a stratosphere hot enough to boil iron. The planet is as close...

A number of factors foster strong storytelling skills among young African-American preschoolers, which has implications for their development as readers. Credit: Courtesy of UNC's Frank...

One of the researchers' quadcopter drones with wheels is shown. Credit: Brandon Araki/MIT CSAIL Being able to both walk and take flight is typical in nature...

Methane hydrate recovered from ocean sediments off Svalbard dissociates into water and methane gas under surface pressure and temperature conditions, allowing the methane released...

The research team camped in these tents near the drill site in Antarctica. Credit: Reed Scherer Lurking in a lake half a mile beneath Antarctica's icy...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine found that suicide rates declined in states that implemented higher taxes on cigarettes and stricter policies to...

This photo shows a new Mecysmauchenius new species, female in the field. This species uses power-amplified high-speed predatory strikes. Credit: H. Wood Mecysmaucheniidae spiders, which live...

Kenneth Chapin with a whip spider on his back, in a cave in Puerto Rico in 2012. Credit: Courtesy of Kenneth Chapin Would you be willing...

Associate Professor Li Daiqin (right) and Ms Chang Chia-chen (left) from the Department of Biological Sciences at NUS found that the personality of spiders...