Two lifeforms merge into one organism for first time in a billion years - ‘The first time it happened, it gave rise to all ...

Photosynthesis is a complex process, involving many pathways and puzzle pieces working together to keep the organism alive.

In the search for extraterrestrial life, scientists already know that we might be looking for a world that's very different ...

Eukaryotic cells are more complex than prokaryotic ones because of specialized organelles. Learn how ancient collaborations between cells gave eukaryotes an important energy boost. Plant Cells ...

The sun is the ultimate source of energy for virtually all organisms. Photosynthetic cells are able to use solar energy to synthesize energy-rich food molecules and to produce oxygen.

“Very rare” could actually be considered an understatement. The first time this happened – as far as we know – it gave rise ...

Days after documenting his truly historic moment, speaking to Yahoo News, the University of California researcher has ...

Scientists have caught a once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event in progress, as two lifeforms have merged into one ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – Earth Day is almost upon us and to celebrate the holiday Meterologist David Burgett has turned one ...

Yet researchers may have found a new case in which an organelle devoted to fixing nitrogen from the atmosphere is in the ...

Evolution is quite a wondrous and lengthy process, with some random bursts of activity that are responsible for the diversity ...