Natural resources are necessary for our survival and it is almost impossible to think of life on earth without them. Due to population explosion and global urbanization, the earth's resources are ...

Samantha Harvey’s Orbital captures a day aboard the ISS, blending science, story, and poetry to reflect on Earth’s beauty and ...

We look back at three of the biggest biology stories of 2024: a reconstruction of the ancient ancestor of all modern life, the discovery of a neural circuit that regulates the immune system, and ...

In fact, the deep biosphere pushes living things to the known maximum for life to survive, which, according to a 2014 study, ...

During Earth's ancient Snowball periods, when the entire planet was wrapped in ice, life may have endured in tiny meltwater ...

The organization of life on Earth follows a simple, hidden rule known as “core-to-transition organization.” Hypothesized by ...

Scientists are revolutionizing the search for extraterrestrial life by challenging our somewhat Earth-centric assumptions ...

NASA's car-sized Perseverance rover has been roaming the surface of Mars for four years, drilling into the alien soil to ...

The idea of terraforming Mars—essentially reshaping the planet to support Earth life—has captured imaginations for decades.

By removing the pull of gravity, space has accelerated breakthroughs once thought impossible, reshaping medicine, ...

This story is the first article of a two-part Mongabay mini-series exploring possible climate futures. Read Part One.