Paleontology enthusiasts have unearthed one of the world’s richest and most diverse fossil sites from the Lower Ordovician period (around...
A technique can determine for the first time how frequently, and exactly where, a molecular event called “backtracking” occurs throughout...
Researchers used Earth-orbiting satellites to map coral reef biodiversity at a global scale to show that areas of high habitat...
When female mosquitoes feed, they don’t seem to mind a crowd because lots of carbon dioxide usually means there’s food....
It might look like a comet or a shooting star, but this time-lapse video is actually a tiny plant root,...
Some animals live in such remote and inaccessible regions of the globe that it is nearly impossible to study them...
Researchers in the lab of John Kuriyan, professor of biochemistry and dean of the School of Medicine Basic Sciences, have...
A team led by researchers at the University of Washington has discovered a major cause for a drop in nighttime...
An alien invasion capable of triggering catastrophic changes is underway across North America. At least 70 imported earthworm species have...
Penn Engineers have pioneered a new way to visualize the smallest protein clusters, skirting the physical limitations of light-powered microscopes...
Using the tiny fragments of DNA that animals leave behind as they move through an environment is giving researchers an...
Microbes such as bacteria and yeast are increasingly being used to produce components of medicines, biofuels, and food. Indeed, baker’s...
