A new resource could help plant breeders increase watermelon’s quality and ability to thrive during an era of climate change. The project was co-led by Boyce Thompson Institute, the Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

A new study shows huge dinos evolved different cooling systems to combat heat stroke.

A whole new type of lens could mean slimmer phones, longer-flying drones – even benefits for soldiers.

The Northern clingfish has one of the best suction cups in the world on its belly. Borrowing from nature’s innovations, researchers made a copycat cup that’s even better

Wild bird populations in the continental U.S. and Canada have declined by almost 30% since 1970, a loss of billions of birds.

Discovered: One of the largest features ever observed in the center of the Milky Way – a pair of enormous radio-emitting bubbles that tower hundreds of light-years above and below the central region of our galaxy.

New findings suggest that through centuries of selectively breeding dogs for certain behaviors, humans have shaped the brains of their best friends. Studying the neuroanatomical variation in dogs offers a unique opportunity to study the evolutionary relationship between brain structure and behavior.

Norovirus causes 20 million cases of food poisoning in the US every year. Now, a smartphone can easily detect this gut-busting microbe -- hopefully before it gets you.

Birds can perch on a wide variety of surfaces, thick or thin, rough or slick. But can they find stable footing on a branch covered in Teflon? In the interest of making better robots, Stanford researchers found out.

By using eye-tracking technology to automatically control a pair of autofocus lenses, engineers have created a prototype for "autofocals" designed to restore proper vision in people who would ordinarily need progressive lenses. The autofocals are intended to solve the main problem with today's progressive lenses: They require the wearer to align his or her head to focus properly. The software in these autofocals fine-tunes the prototype's ability to keep its lenses in constant and perfect focus, regardless of the angle of view.