Vinegar eel "flash mob" caught under the microscope! Researchers were stunned when they measured the force of the roiling ...

The development of maternal egg cells is pivotal for survival but also precarious. During meiosis, the DNA-containing chromosomes can easily be broken or lost, causing infertility, miscarriage or ...

Russian researchers have pulled off a feat that sounds closer to science fiction than standard lab work, reviving microscopic “zombie worms” that had been locked in Arctic ice for roughly 24,000 years ...

Thanks to cutting-edge technology, Smithsonian scientists provide worldwide access to some of the museum’s most delicate specimens Raven Capone Benko The National Museum of Natural History safeguards ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Sean Anthony Eddy via Getty Images A microscope’s job is to magnify the minuscule world ...

The soil roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans has just 959 cells and a body that is mostly gut and reproductive organs. Yet its reproduction is similar enough to ours that scientists like Francis McNally ...