Month: October 2021

Blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) spend their days being buffeted by crashing waves. They manage to stay tethered to the rocks ...

The human brain is a constant buzz of activity, with its 86 billion nerve cells (neurons) sending electrical signals from ...

Embargoed until 2:00 p.m. on October 8, 2021. Credit: Rachel Keady Keeney Embargoed until 2:00 p.m. on October 8, 2021. ...

The malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) causes frequent, chronic infections that represent a major unrecognized burden on global health, ...

DURHAM, N.C. – Sixty-three percent. That’s the proportion of mammal species that vanished from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula around ...

Yellow warblers are hosts to brood parasitic brown-headed cowbirds, which rely on other species to raise their offspring. Warblers use ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECredit: Images courtesy of David Kass FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have found that a ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — On a night dive off the coast of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2016, ...

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a serious condition associated with a recent COVID-19 infection. The syndrome is rare, ...

Consuming sustainably sourced wild meat instead of domesticated livestock reduces greenhouse gas emissions and retains precious tropical forest systems, which ...

Young birds that eat insects with conspicuous warning colouration to advertise their toxicity to would-be predators quickly learn to avoid ...

The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) released today a research roadmap that, if funded by Congress, would quickly accelerate innovations in treatment and increase ...

A new study led by researchers at the American Museum of Natural History suggests that Mylodon—a ground sloth that lived ...

Flakes of paint could be one of the most abundant type of microplastic particles in the ocean, new research has ...

SASKATOON – Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) are hopeful new understanding of cellular defects related to Cystic Fibrosis ...

Although strokes can occur no matter how old you are, your risk for one increases as you age. About two-thirds ...

NEWPORT, Ore. – A new study of the genetic profiles of wild and hatchery coho salmon demonstrates important distinctions in ...

Clostridium difficile or C. diff – a bacteria that causes inflammation of the colon and severe diarrhea – is widely prevalent in non-healthcare ...

Within the brain and other parts of the nervous system, synapses are key junctional points in between neurons (the nerve ...

Borneo forest patches adjacent to palm oil plantations may be key refuges for species including Asian water monitor lizardsCredit: Sergio ...