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Credit: Haley Kennard For years, a commonly used tactic for protecting threatened and endangered animals in Puget Sound was to cordon off areas to fishing....

ITHACA, N.Y. - In the ocean, a little bit of metal can go a long way. A new Cornell University-led study shows that trace metals,...

Credit: Marcon et al., 2018 In most of Europe, the rates of smoking initiation among older teens have declined since the 1970s, while "new smoker"...

Despite plants and vegetation being key to the Earth's ecosystem, little is known about the origin of their roots. However in new research, published in...

Credit: Courtesy Larisa DeSantis Paleontologist Larisa DeSantis studies the teeth of ancient and modern mammals to determine how their diets changed across the millennia and,...

Credit: Jakob Mueller New research conducted by evolutionary biologists worldwide paints cities as evolutionary "change agents", says a trio of biologists from the University of...

Credit: CCRG The CCRG team has now investigated whether parrots can make economic decisions, too. The birds have learned how to trade a token for...

A NEW generation of scientists aiming to make breakthroughs in our understanding of cell biology in diverse fields ranging from stem cell biology to endocytosis...

ROCKVILLE, Md. - August 22, 2018 - The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), the premier global, molecular diagnostics professional society, today announced the recipients of...

Washington, DC - August 22, 2018 - Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) doesn't directly cause cancer, but infection with this common herpes virus brings an increased risk...

Credit: Earlham Institute Globally, wheat, together with maize and rice, provides the most human nutrition. It can thrive in a whole range of different environments,...

Credit: J. Smith, Penn State In the world of plant-feeding insects, who shows up first to the party determines the overall success of the gathering;...

Credit: Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin Air pollution shortens human lives by more than a year, according to a new...

Credit: Courtesy of Chris Doe EUGENE, Ore. -- Aug. 22, 2018 -- In the fruit fly, a single pair of brain neurons command backward locomotion...

URBANA, Ill. - Globally, there has been much attention on avoiding or reducing food loss and food waste. But recent research has shown that young...