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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

You could call it “Dead Zone East,” a 1,634-square-mile area of Gulf of Mexico bottom waters with dangerously low levels of oxygen on the east side of the Mississippi River. It's a bit larger than the ...

Researchers from the Broad Institute and Mass General Brigham have shown that a low-oxygen environment—similar to the thin air found at Mount Everest base camp—can protect the brain and restore ...

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 ...