Biology

May 20, 2026

Bees are the best: USU scientist releases children’s book

Conservation biologist Joseph Wilson and illustrator Jonny VanOrman team to create whimsical story of bee diversity and broadening one's horizonsCredit:...

Beetles changed their diet during the Cretaceous period

International team under the leadership of the University of Bonn decodes 99 million-year-old amber fossilsCredit: © J.A. Peñas Like a...

Crop diversity can buffer the effects of climate change

Stanford researchers uncover benefits of diversified farms for protecting wildlife and buffering against climate changeCredit: Nick Hendershot How we farm...

6000-8000 km round trip flight of migratory wading birds tracked

Credit: Satoe Kasahara Ph.D., Suwa Hydrobiological Station, Faculty of Science, and Institute of Mountain Science, Shinshu University The next time...

Control mechanism of force-induced cell-to-cell adhesion

Credit: NIBB Using the amphibian Xenopus laevis as a model, Drs. Noriyuki Kinoshita and Naoto Ueno from the National Institute...

To prevent tick encounters, where you dump your leaves matters

Raking leaves out to the yard edge may increase tick numbers thereCredit: Flickr user Lennart Tange, CC BY 2.0 Annapolis,...

Aboriginal scars from frontier wars

Legacy of Australian colonial Native Mounted Police forceCredit: Flinders University Hundreds of Aboriginal men who became native mounted police in...

Loss of protein disturbs intestinal homeostasis and can drive cancer

Credit: Marc Healy, UZH Colorectal carcinoma (CRC), the most common form of intestinal cancer, is the second leading cause of...

Fish scales could make wearable electronics more sustainable

Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b09880 Flexible temporary electronic displays may one day make it possible to sport...

‘Fatal attraction’: Small carnivores drawn to kill sites, then ambushed by larger kin

Credit: Kaija Klauder/University of Washington In many parts of the world, there is an imbalance in the food chain. Without...

Salmon provide nutrients to Alaskan streambanks

Credit: David D'Amore Adult Pacific salmon spend a great portion of their life in the ocean. But their life began...

Comparisons of organic and conventional agriculture need to be better, say researchers

Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers The environmental effects of agriculture and food are hotly debated. But the most widely used method of...

Common anti-parasite treatments used on cattle have devastating impacts on wildlife

Experts have stressed an urgent need to find alternatives to wormers and anti-ectoparasitic products used widely on cattleCredit: © Fiona...

Mysterious ancient sea-worm pegged as new genus after half-century in ‘wastebasket’

Credit: Anna Whitaker, et al. LAWRENCE -- When a partial fossil specimen of a primordial marine worm was unearthed in...

Natural solutions to the climate crisis? One-quarter is all down to Earth…

Credit: KIB Joint research conducted by The Nature Conservancy and the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences calculated...

Dams in the upper Mekong River modify nutrient bioavailability downstream

Credit: ©Science China Press The number of hydropower dams has increased dramatically in the last 100 years for energy supply,...

Major advances in our understanding of New World Morning Glories

Credit: Robert Scotland A major advance in revealing the unknown plant diversity on planet Earth is made with a new...

Vitamin D boosts chances of walking after hip fracture

Scientists studied the impact of vitamin D on post-surgery mobilityCredit: Sue Shapses/Rutgers University-New Brunswick Senior citizens who are not vitamin...

How horses can save the permafrost

New mitigation strategy bears great potentialCredit: Pleistocene Park Permafrost soils in the Arctic are thawing. As they do, large additional...

Breast milk may help prevent sepsis in preemies