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Credit: Photo by Stephanie Ware, The Field Museum Peregrine Falcons, in their normal habitat on isolated cliffs, mate for life. But some 25 pairs now...

The Neanderthal genome included harmful mutations that made the hominids around 40% less reproductively fit than modern humans, according to estimates published in the latest...

As humans have begun to live longer it has become clear that the quality of our lives is equally as important as the duration. In...

Credit: Elena Deryugina and James P. Quigley LA JOLLA, CA – Feb. 7, 2018 – New research from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) may give...

Research led by investigators in veterinary and human medicine has identified genetic pathways that exacerbate severity of canine compulsive disorder in Doberman pinschers, a discovery...

Credit: James Cook University Contact tracing, combined with targeted, indoor residual spraying of insecticide, can greatly reduce the spread of the mosquito-borne dengue virus, finds...

Credit: Mary Drewnoski It makes sense that a 1,200 pound Angus cow would place quite a lot of pressure on the ground on which it...

Credit: Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame For many, experience with Daphnia, commonly known as water fleas, ends in high school. The organism is often used...

Credit: University of Virginia A sweeping international effort is connecting the dots between genes in our fat cells and our risk for obesity and cardiometabolic...

IMAGE: The increase in maximum lifespan in the laboratory was obtained in 5 animal species, both without any interventions, and by dietary, chemical, or genetic...

Credit: (C) 2017, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) opposes the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA). Released today, the Senate proposal...

Credit: Institute for Primate Research LA JOLLA — (Feb. 8, 2018) To everything there is a season. This saying applies to many human endeavors, but...

Credit: Andrew Margenot URBANA, Ill. – Plant lovers are familiar with peat moss as the major component of potting mix, but harvest of the material...

Credit: UTA Anand Puppala, associate dean for research in the College of Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington and a civil engineering professor,...

For rent: 32 individual rooms for a combined surface area of 4cm2, heating and food included! Biologists and microfluidics specialists at EPFL have joined forces...