Six new beetle species have been discovered in South America by researchers at the University of Copenhagen. Among them is...
When neuroscientists think about the strategy an animal might use to carry out a task—like finding food, hunting prey, or...
Monterey Bay Aquarium researchers strengthen the link between sea otters and long-term health of California kelp forests in a new...
Researchers are calling for better protection of tropical sea cucumbers in the Great Barrier Reef whose numbers are dwindling due...
Scientists working on biological design should focus on the idiosyncrasies of biological systems over optimization, according to new research. In...
A new study shows why tropical birds are likely to be more vulnerable to forest fragmentation, and suggests conservation policies...
A study published in Oecologia from researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington; the University of Nevada, Reno; and...
Hours after tagging an endangered basking shark off the coast of Ireland in April, researchers captured what they believe is...
The membrane-bound form of angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is essential for enabling infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes...
Autophagy, which literally means “self-eating,” is a cellular cleaning-out process that maintains our bodies in good order, but excessive autophagy...
Born tail first, bottlenose dolphin calves emerge equipped with two slender rows of whiskers along their beak-like snouts—much like the...
As many humans prepare to unwrap their Easter eggs, scientists have solved one of nature’s biggest criminal cases, an egg...
