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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Listen to Story Tardigrades can be found almost everywhere on Earth They have eight legs, each ending in tiny claws The Voyager Tardigrades experiment is part of seven other studies from India The ...