Biology

Credit: Thomas Marler A healthy global debate has occurred concerning the benefits of using non-native trees for restoring some aspects...

Rhesus macaques previously infected with dengue or yellow fever viruses appear to be neither more nor less susceptible to severe...

MISSOULA - Understanding how wild animals and plants survive in changing environments is the focus of a new collaboration between...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 4, 2017--In a forthcoming special issue of Tissue Engineering on...

MISSOULA - Research by University of Montana postdoctoral fellow Shane Campbell-Staton appears in the latest issue of the journal Science....

As neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease progress, misfolded proteins clump together in neurons, recruiting normal proteins in...

A new Tel Aviv University study suggests that cultural activities, such as the use of language, influence our learning processes,...

Is extinction forever? Efforts are under way to use gene editing and other tools of biotechnology to "recreate" extinct species...

Credit: SFU Simon Fraser University graduate student Oldooz Pooyanfar is monitoring what more than 20,000 honeybees housed in hives in...

Credit: Orlin Velev, NC State University Researchers at North Carolina State University and Duke University have developed a way to...

An often cited claim that humans, who are smarter and more technologically advanced than their ancestors, originated in response to...

Credit: Yu Liu, Penn State University A new technique for evaluating drug safety can detect stress on cells at earlier...

A chance discovery has opened up a new method of finding unknown viruses. In research published in the journal Virus...

A new five-year federal research grant totaling $3,322,009 to The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) will fund studies of a new mouse...

Through a process called cell signaling, cells collaborate on necessary functions such as responding to changes in the environment, fighting...

Credit: Ismael Galvan Birds' feathers, or plumage, are some of the most strikingly variable animal characteristics that can be observed...

Should people who profit from the cultural representation of wildlife pay towards conservation? That is the question asked in new...

Credit: Dottie Stover/UC Creative Services One downside to medical sensors that test human sweat: you have to sweat. Sweating from...

Credit: Thinkstock Researchers from the University's Institute of Translational Medicine have determined the most effective drug dose to help penguins...

Credit: J. Mark Peaden/UC Davis Desert tortoises pace back and forth and can overheat by roadside fencing meant to help...