African swine fever virus is the only mammalian infectious virus that encodes type II DNA topoisomerase and has caused serious...
Most organisms on this planet rely on the circadian clock to function properly. New research published in Nature Communications from...
Scientists have a handful of standard research organisms, including fruit flies and mice, that they use to study the evolutionary...
Cats may not know Scarborough Fair, but felids such as alpine cats—both in the wild and in captivity—do eat plants...
While smell plays a considerable role in the social interactions of humans—for instance, signaling fear or generating closeness—for ants, it...
A team from the Innovative Genomics Institute at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) has produced an increase in gene...
Ancient apes in Germany co-existed by partitioning resources in their environment, according to a study published June 7, 2024 in...
A massive rare fish thought to only live in temperate waters in the southern hemisphere has washed up on Oregon’s...
The products of photosynthesis are easy to point out. Plants, algae and cyanobacteria create the air we breathe and the...
Swimming through turbulent water is easier for schooling fish compared to solitary swimmers, according to a study published June 6...
Tropical forests store a third of the world’s carbon in their wood and soils. However, their future as a carbon...
Cells are the basic units of life—but many of their fundamental processes happen so fast and at such small length...
