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Credit: Zoological Society of London No one had reported seeing the strange creature - a cross between a bear and...

Research mapping the evolution of mosquitos against rising CO2 levels over millions of years, has suggested that more mosquito-related diseases...

Credit: University of Zurich The ongoing worldwide loss of biological diversity is one of the most pressing challenges humankind currently...

Credit: Martin Meijer A fungus that does not attack wood, but preserves it. It sounds strange, but it is possible....

The largest ever study of the mosquito evolutionary tree, going back 195 million years, suggests that present-day climate change could...

(Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA)) This year's Swiss Aerosol Award goes to Maria Muñoz. The Empa...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- New research reveals that Aspergillus flavus, a fungus that produces carcinogenic...

In collaboration with the Government of Egypt, the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will hold its 14th meeting...

CLEMSON, South Carolina -- Vomit can create huge health concerns and for the more than 2 million people currently living...

Researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a protein that determines the identity and invasive properties of breast cancer...

Credit: HUTAN-KOCP Leipzig/Brunei. Orangutan populations are still declining rapidly, despite claims by the Indonesian Government that things are looking better...

AN 'UNDRUGGABLE' GROUP OF PROTEINS Most FDA-approved small molecule drugs inhibit enzymes - biology's protein machines that catalyze chemical reactions....

A new gene therapy can turn certain brain glial cells into functioning neurons, which in turn could help repair the...

As obesity continues to be the leading cause of deaths world-wide, researchers are working to understand what role genetics play...