Healthy-looking ochre sea stars have minimal genetic difference from those displaying symptoms of sea star wasting syndrome, say Oregon State...
A new study by a team of researchers from Israel and Ghana has brought the first evidence of nonrandom mutation...
A new study involving more than 100 scientists from across the globe and the largest forest database yet assembled estimates...
Even fans of black-and-white film can’t deny that color brought new life to photography and motion pictures. And when it...
In general, an electrophile is a highly reactive compound that “seeks” to bond with atoms or other molecules that have...
Popular belief has been that small dogs, such as Pomeranians and Chihuahuas, exist because once dogs were domesticated, humans wanted...
The University of Sydney scientists who discovered all-female termite colonies have now ascertained how they came to exist. In doing...
According to a team of plant researchers, mitochondria provide unexpected help for cells in a crisis by respiring away harmful...
The shape-shifting clouds of starling birds, the organization of neural networks or the structure of an anthill: nature is full...
Being common is rather unusual. It’s far more common for a species to be rare, spending its existence in small...
When bears and ground squirrels hibernate in winter, they stop eating, lasting until spring simply on the fat reserves they’ve...
In an article in the Science, researchers at Uppsala University show how a DNA-binding protein can search the entire genome...
