Paul Vigna was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal in New York. He has been covering bitcoin and cryptocurrencies since 2013, and has been covering the equities market for both the Journal and ...

A keystone in an arch's crown secures the other stones in place. Keystone species play the same role in many ecological communities by maintaining the structure and integrity of the community.

Invasive ant species are becoming a problem, however, with research showing that over 500 species of ants were found in countries where they aren’t native, having hopped a ride with humans ...

So many places on Earth still remain a mystery to us, even after all this time — but researchers are often discovering new species. Better access to genetic testing, as well as technological ...

Do not eat raw lima beans. Yard-long beans (Vigna unguiculata), also known as "asparagus beans," are popular in Asian dishes. You can grow them in Minnesota, although yields are likely to be low. This ...

Aug 26 (Reuters) - U.S. power grid operator Southwest Power Pool (SPP) on Monday issued an Energy Emergency Alert (EEA1) due to high demand as consumers crank up their air conditioners to escape a ...

Number of Fish Species at Risk of Extinction Fivefold Higher Than Previous Estimates, According to a New Prediction Aug. 29, 2024 — Researchers predict that 12.7% of marine teleost fish species ...

In nature, species will sometimes form unexpectedly close bonds and work to their mutual benefit. Symbiotic relationships are the close associations formed between pairs of species. They come in a ...

The questions "What are species?" and "How do we identify species?" are difficult to answer, and have led to debate and disagreement among biologists. See how consensus on answers to these ...

Red panda: Endangered in the wild, its survival looks precarious The red panda is not one species but two, according to DNA evidence. Already endangered due to hunting and habitat loss ...

A species is a distinct group of organisms and the most basic unit used to measure life on Earth. However, there’s no single definition of a species, meaning this vital concept in biology can be ...

A species is a group of living organisms that are all broadly similar and can, at least in principle, breed with one another. This seems straightforward enough, but the word “species” is ...