Blood is often associated with the color red, but in the animal kingdom, it comes in a surprising range of hues. From the ...

including pigment cells that hint at coloration. It’s a humbling reminder that even at the tiniest scales, the fossil record can preserve secrets that reshape our picture of the past.

The Times tested for lead, mercury and other heavy metals in Altadena and Pacific Palisades. From respiratory problems to ...

In the 2000s, North Carolina State University paleontologist Mary Schweitzer made waves when she found that some dinosaur fossils, including T. rex specimens, contained preserved cells ...

The biomass growth was measured by counting cells in a Neubauer chamber ... photosynthetic and capable of synthesizing and accumulating the pigment astaxanthinin response to environmental conditions ...

Lake Champlain, known for being home to the oldest fossil reefs worldwide ... that runs along the length of their bodies with several ganglia (clusters of nerve cells). They do not possess multiple ...

For the first time, a fossilized true cicada has been described from the Messel Pit deposits. Eoplatypleura messelensis is ...

Cicada season is dawning across the eastern US, this time with Brood XIV resurfacing for the first time since 2008. But as ...

Scientists create hydrogel that 'reprograms' cancer cells into stem cells in 24 hours Prof. Shinya Tanaka of Hokkaido University led the research on double network (DN) hydrogels, which help turn ...

A Sherlock Holmes-style investigation has revealed the ancient method for the stunning pigment known as Maya blue — and it's different from a previous method uncovered nearly 20 years ago by the ...