These underground rodents are the first mammals found to actively choose air with lower-than-normal oxygen levels. Their ...

Marine life receives its oxygen from warm water on the ocean's surface, but if there's no mixing with the colder water sitting below, then bottom-dwelling marine life, like lobsters, are unable to ...

Janay Reece came back home to Baltimore to join WJZ in August 2023. Before coming back to the Charm City, Janay was a morning anchor and reporter for WDBJ7 in Roanoke, VA. She joined the WDBJ7 morning ...

Discover the fascinating world of unique organisms, like the tardigrade and spiny-headed worm, that have developed incredible ...

New research shows ancient tropical oceans once held more oxygen than cooler regions, reshaping where early life could ...

Long Island Sound experienced this year the lowest levels of hypoxia, or low oxygen, since monitoring of water quality began nearly four decades ago, the Long Island Sound Partnership announced.

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Oxygen is the breath of life, right? Because it ...

Jennifer Mallon receives funding from US-UK Fulbright Commission, Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program, University of Glasgow Early Career Mobility Award and the Link Foundation. Adrian Michael ...

Researchers Jeff Crooks and Stephany Garcia checked the minnow traps left at the murky mouth of the Tijuana River on a sunny October morning. They didn’t expect any catches. They haven’t had any for ...

A recent study explored one possible cause -- hyperoxia or high concentrations of oxygen given to such patients during surgery -- as opposed to doses more similar to air. The study concluded that ...

Fingertip monitors known as pulse oximeters that can be used at home to detect low blood oxygen levels (hypoxaemia) give ...