Scientists and entrepreneurs have big goals for tiny organisms, from feeding people in war zones to curbing climate impacts.

Thousands of people gathered in Sao Paulo on Saturday to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year and welcome the Year of the Snake at an open-air event filled with Chinese music, food, dance, and martial ...

The Lunar New Year is the most important holiday in China and many other Asian countries. Celebrations will last until mid-February.

Garter snakes, belonging to the genus Thamnophis, are nonvenomous snakes found in North America, known for their striking ...

A marine animal snacked on some sea lilies that did not agree with its stomach—and we now know what happened next ...

At universities and startups around the globe, researchers are searching for microbes that could be used as food.

"There's just a lot we don't know, and this is sort of the first step in getting a better grasp on what this biodiversity ...

In honor of the Year of the Snake, let’s appreciate the strange anatomy and evolution of these slithery reptiles ...

President Trump said he is signing an executive order on Wednesday to prepare a massive facility at Guantanamo Bay to be used ...

Thousands of years later, each lunar year is still said to possess certain characteristics of its animal namesake, and those ...

Firecrackers popped, incense was offered at temples and dancers and drummers paraded Wednesday in Asia and farther afield as ...

The red sand boa is a non-venomous snake that thrives in dry scrublands and grasslands that offer loose sand the snake can ...