THE ancient Turkish city of Hierapolis hosts what is believed to be the oldest 'Gate to Hell' on Earth ... which is why animals were more likely to succumb to it than humans.

Chemical resistance is another area where human influence is clear. The widespread use of pesticides and antibiotics has ...

And as for humans? All 7.6 billion of us account for just one ten thousandth (1/10,000th) of the biomass on Earth. “The fact that the biomass of fungi exceeds that of all animals’ sort of puts ...