Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.

Darwin's theory of natural selection provides an explanation for why organisms develop traits that help them survive and reproduce. Because of this, death is often seen as a failure rather than a ...

With climate change, wildfires, and human encroachment, our forests are in desperate need of guardians. What is being done to protect our woodlands?

So, if they are viruses, they’re something entirely new. However, the chances of this new class of life within the human body being a virus are slim, especially since the researchers say they ...

The world's largest living organism is slowing being eaten alive after living on Earth for thousands of years. The Pando is a colony of cloned aspen trees that sprawls across 106 acres between ...

What If the Earth Was One Giant Living Organism? Posted: January 26, 2025 | Last updated: January 26, 2025 "Culture Quest explores the world of pop culture, history and thought-provoking ideas! We ...

This incredible colony of over 40,000 trees is considered a single organism, making it the largest on the planet. It is also the oldest living organism on Earth ... it is protected from human threats, ...

lives the world's oldest living organism. It has lived there for thousands of years, living in harmony with the natural world around it, but today it is being slowly devoured. The "Pando" (Latin ...

In the Wasatch Mountains of the western US on the slopes above a spring-fed lake, there dwells a single giant organism that provides an entire ... despite most stems only living for about 130 years.

An urgent recall for broth sold at Walmart stores across the US has been upgraded, with concerns it could be contaminated with potentially deadly bacteria. TreeHouse Foods, based out of Illinois ...

Every single aspect of human life across the broadest categories of human organization is being reoriented around the pursuit of attention. It is now the defining resource of our age. The ...