Credit: World Scientific Although infinitely diverse and complex in their details, sedimentary coasts nevertheless share many morphological features, which often...

Credit: Richard Wrangham MADISON, Wis. — In the wild, chimpanzees face any number of dire threats, ranging from poachers to...

Credit: (Photo by George Poinar, courtesy of Oregon State University) CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered...

Credit: Photo by Roy Caldwell, University of California, Berkeley DURHAM, N.C. — To a mantis shrimp, walking away from a...

Credit: CREDIT: ©Charlotte Spira/WCS. KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo (May 26, 2017) – A new study by WCS (Wildlife Conservation...

(Edmonton, AB) Groundbreaking research from the University of Alberta has identified the structure of the infectious prion protein, the cause...

A combination of two compounds found in red grapes and oranges could be used to improve the health of people...

Credit: R.M. Brown LAWRENCE — A new paper appearing in Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows a varied collection...

Credit: Eindhoven University of Technology Smart windows that act as blinds in the summer and let all the sunlight through...

Credit: E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune NEW YORK, NY (October 10, 2016)–Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center and the Data Science...

Credit: Giovanni Bindellini Little is known about the origin and early evolution of the Notosuchia, hitherto unknown in the Jurassic...

Credit: Lindsay Arvin Trees growing atop the Bald Mountain Granite in the southern Sierra Nevada rely on nutrients from windblown...

Credit: Photo Credit: National Park Service photo under NMFS Scientific Research permit #945-1776-01 NEWPORT, Ore. – Humpback whales can migrate...

Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital oncologists have discovered the cell type that gives rise...

WASHINGTON — Nature is no doubt the world's best biological engineer, whose simple, exquisite but powerful designs have inspired scientists...

Snub-nosed moneys provide an excellent example of adaptive radiation and display uncommon ecological adaptations. They live along an elevation gradient...

Unfortunately, loss of plant and animal habitat leads to local species extinctions and a loss of diversity from ecosystems. Fortunately,...

Credit: Collins lab, UC Davis Assistant Professor Sean Collins, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in the UC Davis College...

Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington In the quest to restore movement to people with spinal cord injuries, researchers have focused...

Stanford, CA–Everyone who took high school biology learned that photosynthesis is the process by which plants, algae and select bacteria...