Though many years have passed, Wang Xiaobing still vividly recalls the staggering poverty that plagued Ahou village in the remote mountains of Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture in Sichuan province.

In the animal kingdom, survival often hinges on the ability to adapt. Over millions of years, nature has shaped creatures with astonishing adaptations that sometimes seem almost superpowered. From ...

In the vast and diverse world of reptiles, lizards stand out as some of the most fascinating creatures with extraordinary adaptations that can only be described as superpowers. From regenerating body ...

Kenneth R. Fletcher, T.A. Frail, Megan Gambino, Laura Helmuth and Sarah Zielinski Egged On Look again—the arrow isn't pointing to a berry. It's a parasitic worm's way of getting around ...

Phytoplankton are used worldwide to monitor the environmental status of aquatic systems. Long-time series of microscopy-analyzed phytoplankton are available from many monitoring stations. The ...

Figure 1. Overview of intact spinach chloroplasts visualized by cryo-ET. A) Tomographic slice through an intact spinach chloroplast.B) Corresponding 3D segmentation of the volume. Characteristic ...

Antimicrobial Effects of Egyptian Local Chicory, Cichorium endivia subsp. Pumilum. Scientia Pharmaceutica. Medicinal Use of Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) Before joining Discover Magazine, Paul spent ...

Lilium pumilum is originally grown in the Yan'an area of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, it has adapted so that the optimum temperature for growth is between 15 and 30 C.

The Natal Midlands Dwarf Chameleon (Bradypodion thamnobates) is listed as an Endangered species due to habitat loss.Krystal Tolley, Author provided (no reuse). South Africa’s reptiles probably ...

Scottish Thistle (Onopordum acanthium)The thistle is the national flower of Scotland. ©PhilippeGerbet / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons - Original / License Scottish thistle plants can grow up to ...