August Weismann's germ plasm theory of the late 19th century posited that only germ cells, e.g., sperm and egg cells in ...

When plants face biting cold, floods or parched soil, they can’t run away or seek shelter like animals. Instead, they have to ...

Scientists are working to understand the genetic factors that control plant growth so they can be used to develop crops that ...

From water bears to wood frogs, explore wild creatures that press pause on life, then revive as if resurrected from the dead.

Sad sack or serious salvation? A small group of scientists is angling to replace laboratory animals with living “organ sacks” ...

Bruce Friedrich has devoted his life to reducing American meat consumption—and he isn’t giving up just yet.

Nutritionally, lab-grown meat is much like regular meat: low in fiber and high in saturated fat. “But in theory, it could be ...

At the Sentient Futures Summit, animal welfare advocates pushed to make AI care about animals—and asked if AI might be sentient too.

Mississippi has become the first state to ban lab-grown milk while enacting broader regulations on labeling, sale, and ...

Scientists have engineered a tobacco relative to produce five psychedelic tryptamines, compounds normally scattered across ...

Border BioBlitz 2026 — El BioBlitz de la Frontera in Spanish — is a binational “community science” species survey in April ...