Some animals don’t just survive harsh environments - they thrive. From icy tundras to scorching deserts, these species have evolved traits that help them handle conditions most creatures couldn’t ...

“We have NO preserved tyrannosaurid DNA (indeed, not Mesozoic dinosaur DNA sequences), so there are no T. rex genes,” Thomas ...

Wild animals that have acquired adaptations to maximize their reproductive output in some of the world's most extreme ... found to make a living (and thrive) at the ends of the earth can challenge ...

Tardigrades (aka "water bears") are micro-animals that can survive in the harshest conditions: extreme pressure, extreme ...

Certain places on Earth seem far too extreme to support life, but that assumption is far from true. Rather, life apparently ...

Scientists believe they have found a way to improve ... how patterns of recent rainfall can interact with dry or moist land conditions to influence the risk of extreme humid heat in the global ...

A new study from researchers at North Carolina State University reveals that different protein sources can significantly ...

Most people picture the time of dinosaurs as a steamy, tropical world. But during the Late Cretaceous period, northern Alaska was a different kind of ...

New research from the University of Alaska Fairbanks found microplastics in nearly all of the ... in the environment can help people understand the risks when harvesting animals from that habitat ...

Soil microorganisms including nematode, microarthropods, micro arthropod ... The discovery that some terrestrial microbes can endure long-term exposure to the vacuum of space, extreme temperature ...