Biology

How could prebiotic information-bearing DNA sequences survive in the face of competition from a vast excess of shorter molecules with...

Credit: ©Gina Motisi, 2018/CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Dr. Bruce Stillman, President and CEO of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory...

The GeoFarmer app allows community workers and smallholders to easily collect and share information on climate-related agricultural interventions. Development agencies...

Kyoto University sheds light on social drivers of animal dispersalCredit: Kyoto University/Andreia Martins Why would boys and girls choose different...

In order to address this problem, researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the University of Massachusetts use pseudodynamics, a...

Credit: Mary Zhu A unique center officially opens on April 3 at Arizona State University, housed within the Julie Ann...

Credit: Image credit: INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project Sea snakes, best known from shallow tropical waters, have been recorded swimming at...

Team applies historical perspective to inform modern managementCredit: (© 2015 Hannah Haas) SAN FRANCISCO (April 2, 2018) - One critically...

Credit: CRAG Researchers from the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) and La Salle-Ramon Llull University, both in Barcelona,...

Credit: Imre Potyó Loss and fragmentation of habitat are among the main reasons why biodiversity is decreasing in many places...

Credit: Sandra Ribeiro The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) announced today that the 2019 SMBE Allan Wilson Junior...

Credit: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology The message of life is encoded in our genomic DNA through...

Credit: Credit, S. Lewis. International plans to restore forests to combat global warming are flawed and will fall far short...

In two new species of rare giant stick insects, males turn livid blue or multicolored at sexual maturity -- but...

Prize recognizes outstanding service to the community of genetics researchersCredit: Stanford University Michael Snyder, PhD, of Stanford University is the...

Justin W. Jaworski is designing a better model to build quieter aircraft wingsCredit: copyright 2019 John Kish IV If it's...

Credit: Jackson lab/CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Maize is a staple crop that came from humble beginnings. If you...

UMass Amherst, Smithsonian, Florida research reports wider ecological benefitsCredit: UMass Amherst/Brian Cheng AMHERST, Mass. - In a new analysis of...

Credit: Lisa Schulte Moore AMES, Iowa - Researchers at Iowa State University will test how the environmental benefits of planting...

ITHACA, N.Y. - An estimated 600 million birds die from building collisions every year in the U.S., and research from...