Biology

Credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The algae responsible for Florida's toxic red tides may be more...

Credit: Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Megalodon, the largest shark that ever lived, is known only...

Credit: Adam Dale A North Carolina State University study examining urbanization, scale-insect abundance and latitudinal warming on tree health in...

Credit: Santiago García Rivera Marine litter is a growing problem in the Mediterranean Sea, but few studies have focused on...

Credit: HUTAN-KOCP Leipzig, Halle. Rapid population and economic growth are destroying biological diversity - especially in the tropics. This was...

IBS-developed Digenome-seq technique reveals the accuracy of CRISPR-based editing tool that changes DNA letter A to GCredit: IBS Researchers at...

Study sheds new light on a fundamental question in evolutionary biologyCredit: Photo: Kosmas Hench/GEOMAR For a new species to evolve,...

Large international study will help select and categorize patients for better clinical trialsCredit: The Neuro A large multi-centre study of...

The Genetics Society of America (GSA) has joined the Societies Consortium on Sexual Harassment in STEMM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics,...

Why incumbents seeking reelections benefit from negotiating In business as well as international politics, the best and ideal agreement is...

Credit: José Antonio Peñas / SINC Plesiosaurs, erroneously viewed as dinosaurs, inhabited all the seas between 200 million and 65...

A new study by SISSA identifies the gene which regulates the production ratio of neurons and support cells during cerebral...

University of Utah engineers develop fast method to convert algae to biocrudeCredit: Dan Hixson/University of Utah College of Engineering Biofuel...

Three-fold risk increase of respiratory diseases from crop residue burning; Economic loss estimated to be nearly USD 30 billion annually...

Alien species are the main driver of recent extinctions in both animals and plants, according to a new study by...

Unusual property of the ultrastrong material could be harnessed for twisting or pulling motions CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Spider silk, already...

Scientists have revealed for the first time the natural weapon used by marigolds to protect tomato plants against destructive whiteflies...

Study suggests rings offer long term picture other technologies can'tCredit: Neil Pederson Satellite imagery, carbon dioxide measurements, and computer models...

A team led by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich paleontologist Adriana López-Arbarello has identified three hitherto unknown fossil fish species in...

Credit: Guillem Pérez i de Lanuza How are reptiles capable of generating such a diversity of bright colors? And how...