When it comes to courtship, it is important to ensure that one is interacting with a member of the same...
Researchers at the UAB have determined the structure of amyloid fibers formed by the protein hnRNPDL-2, implicated in limb-girdle muscular...
Researchers discovered a new species of frog in Africa that has an unusual trait: it’s completely silent. The Ukaguru spiny-throated...
In their evolutionary battle for survival, viruses have developed strategies to spark and perpetuate infection. Once inside a host cell,...
Snakes and mice don’t look alike. But much of what we know about skin coloration and patterning in vertebrates generally,...
While phosphorus is an essential element for plant metabolism and growth, its future supply under elevated levels of atmospheric carbon...
As devastating storms pounded California, nature lovers feared for endangered monarch butterflies that winter there as part of a seemingly...
University of Oregon scientists have uncovered new clues to the genetic basis for scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine....
To the untrained eye, a cryo-electron tomogram looks more like traces in sand than the detailed snapshot of a cell...
Experts have warned that the recent detection of bird flu in mammals including foxes, otters, minks, seals and even grizzly...
Restoration of the critically endangered Atlantic salmon is an important issue in the rivers of Maine. Dams on Maine rivers...
How do plants defend themselves against pathogenic microorganisms? This is a complex puzzle, of which a team of biologists from...