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The ocean’s surface harbors an ecosystem of colorful, understudied life, ranging from protists and cnidarians to insects.

With plastic recovery operations now underway in the world’s marine garbage patches, scientists must contend with how little was known about the organisms living at the surface.

Horizontally transferred genes play significant roles in eukaryotic genomes

Scientists reveal how mountain lions, elk, and other animals are making use of these underground areas in Colorado.

The discovery that what was long believed to be one fly species is actually two deepens researchers’ understanding of plant-pollinator relationships in a unique habitat in southern Africa.

Watch and listen to reptiles, amphibians, insects, and birds respond to sound from inside their eggs.

Researchers across disciplines are adopting high-tech tools to better understand the kinematics and behaviors behind insect flight.

By growing mountainous star corals in the lab and outplanting them to dying reefs, we were able to grow sexually mature corals that could help reef recovery.

One way to investigate the record-setting deaths of the marine mammals is to perform autopsies on them, but researchers are also taking a close look at living whales for clues to what could be killing them.

A global decline of large carnivores has motivated scientists to understand the animals’ ecological roles, and consider whether reintroducing them can help restore ecosystems.

Take a peek at one of the biggest collections of bacteria and fungi in the world.

See a world of undersea splendor through the lens of Richard Smith.

See the urban landscapes in Detroit where researchers are studying the fates of pollinators that adopt a metropolitan lifestyle.

Thousands of people around the world gathered to show support for science today. Here’s a sampling of sights and signs from the Marches for Science in Berlin, Chicago, and Washington, DC.

Hundreds of people gathered in Boston’s Copley Square today to show support for science.

See images from a century of fur trapping and hunting in the Amazon basin.

A look at some of the species named this year

Meet the pigeons that are redefining what it means to behave like a human by displaying remarkable pattern recognition abilities.

These runners up to the Top 10 Innovations of 2016 caught our judges' attention.