Credit: N. Zhao Birds benefit from flocking together — even when they're not of a feather. According to a new...

Credit: By G.L. Kohuth EAST LANSING, Mich. – A team of Michigan State University scientists has genetically sequenced two species...

EUGENE, Ore. — May 5, 2016 — A cell-to-cell signaling network that serves as a developmental timer could provide a...

Credit: Dr. Vladimir Yurkov A new study published in the Canadian Journal of Microbiology has identified new toxic metalloid-reducing bacteria...

SCIENTISTS have demonstrated for the first time the 'perfect storm' of conditions that cells need to start forming cancer, helping...

Mothers of children with autism and were diagnosed with metabolic conditions during pregnancy, particularly gestational and type 2 diabetes, were...

Credit: Bernhard Huber The massive decline of over 75% insect biomass reported from Germany between 1989 and 2013 by expert...

Kansas City, MO. — Many living creatures possess exceptional abilities that set them apart from other species. Cheetahs can run...

Credit: Brianna Santamaria Charissa de Bekker, Ph.D., came to UCF earlier this year to continue her research on a fungal...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2016 — The sun shines a massive amount of energy onto the Earth's surface every day. What...

Scientists from Blood Systems Research Institute in San Francisco, California, and Canadian Blood Services' Centre for Innovation lab in Edmonton,...

Credit: University of Lincoln Scientists will connect two of the most important scientific theories of all time – the law...

JUPITER, FL – February 29, 2016 – Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have for...

Credit: Journal of Zoology With winter approaching, bears all over the world are getting ready to hibernate. New research suggests...

Credit: Point Blue Conservation Science Interpreting relationships between species and their environments is crucial to inform ecosystem-based management (EBM), a...

IMAGE: Coastal woodfern (Dryopteris arguta) is common in the understory of coastal redwood forests. Credit: Tim Stephens/UC Santa Cruz The...

"The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine applauds the Senate passage of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st...

Credit: Robert Boston Dieters sometimes consume extra protein to stave off hunger and prevent loss of muscle tissue that often...

Protein is the fundamental substance of life. The genetic code directing protein synthesis is stored in DNA. When a cell...

A team of Israeli researchers has discovered that mutations in STN1, a gene that helps maintain the ends of chromosomes,...