For the first time, scientists have created animal cells that can harness sunlight for energy—a feat once thought ...

More than 1,800 animals reside at the Smithsonian's 163-acre National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute ... as you stroll beneath the Orangutan Transport System (called the O Line): You ...

Many experts believed it couldn't be done, but researchers in Japan have successfully introduced chloroplasts into hamster cells.

A first-of-its-kind achievement has implanted photosynthesizing cells in animal cells to make “planimals.” This feat could be ...

SAN DIEGO ( KUSI) — Another oarfish has made its way from the deep sea to the coast of San Diego County in Southern ...

“As far as we know, this is the first reported detection of photosynthetic electron transport in chloroplasts implanted in animal cells,” said Professor Sachihiro Matsunaga, corresponding ...

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The ability of plants to convert sunlight into food is an enviable superpower. Now, researchers have shown they can get ...

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Swallows infected with parasites move less and in smaller ranges than healthy ones – with detrimental effects on their ...

A rare deep-sea oarfish has washed up in California, the third to do so in a few months and only the 22nd since 1901.