Biology

Results of study involving primates suggest that speech and music may have shaped the human brain's hearing circuitsCredit: Courtesy of...

More than 6 billion people at risk by 2080 SEATTLE--Research published today in Nature Microbiology paints a startling new picture...

The cholera bacterium uses a grappling hook-like appendage to take up DNA, bind to nutritious surfaces and recognize 'family' members,...

Experts report on promising methods for early detection and intervention of rheumatoid arthritis in a themed issue of Clinical Therapeutics...

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 10, 2019) - Contrary to what many of us think,...

Online Citizen Science project Adrift launches on World Ocean DayCredit: David Lawrey The picture of how climate change is impacting...

Two distinct physical mechanisms identified for how simple foams collapseCredit: Rei Kurita Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University...

In what is believed to be a first for North America, biologists at the University of Guelph have discovered that...

Credit: Jeff Gage/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Deborah Matthews hunts for plume moths in darkness, waiting for the halo of...

Credit: YUE Hua and CHEN Pengyu Researchers from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences...

New research shows sediment stirred up by human activity is clogging glass sea sponges on Canada's west coastCredit: John Ulan...

Credit: © CRG 2019. All rights reserved. Although the knowledge we have about human cells and tissues has steadily increased...

Muscle decline caused by ageing and certain diseases could be dramatically slowed by stopping a chain reaction that damages cells,...

The cat is the only animal, aside from humans and primates, which spontaneously develops type 2 diabetes. Therefore, researchers are...

Credit: Noah Bell Extreme erosion of Arctic coastlines in a changing climate - up to a metre a day -...

Scientists since Darwin have been intrigued by the simultaneous alteration of multiple morphological, physiological and behavioural traits across a wide...

Coral reef experts from around the world are calling for an urgent re-evaluation of our climate goals in the light...

Credit: Fishing for Litter Commercial fishers are acutely aware of the potential for marine litter to cause lasting damage to...

Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS Researchers conducted a 12-year study from 2010 to 2017 on ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) in the Brazilian...

New research by University of Alberta biologists examines development of personality in birdsCredit: Jan J. Wijmenga For birds, differences in...