Pando, a Utah aspen grove, is the world's largest living organism by weight. This clonal colony consists of genetically ...

While it may be defined as a single organism, Pando is anything but one—sustaining an entire world under its canopy. Here’s how it works. When you think of the world’s largest organism, you might ...

The world's largest organism, which is found in the Wasatch Mountains of the western United States, is slowly being eaten alive. Known as Pando, the organism is a 106-acre stand of quaking aspen ...

Listen to Short Wave on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. A tiny flatworm that regenerates entire organs. A South American snail that can regrow its eyes. A killifish that suspends ...

Some single-celled organisms are known to transition to multicellularity during their lifetimes, usually either by cloning themselves or when many similar cells come together to form a larger ...