Biology

Credit: Matt Metz Elk roam the winter range that straddles the northern boundary of Yellowstone National Park with little regard...

Credit: Courtesy of Joseph Sommer A system that helps tree-fruit growers avoid frost damage to their crops by using unmanned...

Carrion crows and hooded crows are almost indistinguishable genetically, and hybrid offspring are fertile. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich biologists now...

Credit: Shane White Grizzly bears depend on huckleberries as a critical food source to fatten up before winter hibernation. When...

Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania researchers are developing a smart wrist-worn device for monitoring of atrial fibrillation - a...

The central element will be the Helmholtz Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Unit (HAICU), which will receive 11.4 million euros in annual...

Gene named after Roman goddess Minerva as immune cells get stuck in the fruit fly's headCredit: Daria Siekhaus A new...

New England-wide analysis shows gains in employment follow gains in land protection Land conservation modestly increases employment rates, a traditional...

Discovery has implications for global food production, sustainable agriculture A team of researchers has tested how each gene within the...

Low mutation rates contribute to low genetic diversity in duckweedsCredit: Klaus J. Appenroth Duckweeds - for many aquatic animals like...

Study reveals declines in distribution of many species of bees and hoverfliesCredit: Steven Falk Many insect pollinator species are disappearing...

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is pleased to announce the launch of the third journal in...

Credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center COLUMBUS, Ohio - Researchers with The Ohio State University College of Medicine...

Credit: University of Bradford Prostate cancer cells change the behaviour of other cells around them, including normal cells, by 'spitting...

Greening of lakes will significantly increase greenhouse gas emissionsCredit: John A. Downing/Minnesota Sea Grant The good news is global and...

Switching to flame retardant free foam pit cubes reduces exposures without compromising fire safety Newton, Mass. (March 26, 2019) -...

The cocktail of man-made chemicals that we are exposed to daily is a health risk which current regulations and risk...

Barnacles that hitchhiked aboard humpback whales tell of prehistoric yearly migrationsCredit: Larry Taylor, UC Berkeley Barnacles that hitch rides on...

African-American women are nearly twice as likely to give birth prematurely as white women. Such births often coincide with low...

Credit: Noa Pinter-Wollman Evolutionary biologists at McMaster University who study the social lives and behaviour of colony spiders--some of which...