Why would having two sets of sex chromosomes instead of one benefit a particular species? In the case of one...
In 2019, a landmark report gave the world its first report card on biodiversity loss. There was one crystal clear...
Scientific names get chosen for lots of reasons— they can honor an important person, or hint at what an organism...
The cells of some yeast species undergo what appears to be a self-destruct process following certain kinds of stress, according...
“We have been interested in the romantic life of the parasite Cryptosporidium for some time,” says Boris Striepen, a scientist...
For the first time, researchers have visually monitored, in high resolution, the timing and location of fat storage within the...
New, highly detailed and rigorous maps of bird biodiversity could help protect rare or threatened species. Researchers at the University...
The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation’s National Deuteration Facility has provided deuterated cholesterol for international research to gain a...
Each year, humans across the globe produce billions of tons of solid waste. Roughly 70% of this refuse ends up...
Hainan has a unique tropical environment with abundant biodiversity and is home to over 400 species of birds. The island...
New insights into the structures and mechanisms of key proteins involved in microbial photosynthesis
In a study published in Nature Communications, scientists from Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of...
The first large-scale study of its kind has uncovered more than 4,000 years’ worth of distinctive foraging behavior in a...
