Tag: Biology

New paper published May 11, 2021 in Nature CommunicationsCredit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. 2019. ...

In ‘minibrains,’ hindering key enzyme by different amounts has opposite growth effects

Credit: Sur Lab/MIT Picower Institute Like many around the world, the lab of Professor Mriganka Sur in The Picower Institute ...

Sex cells in parasites are doing their own thing

Credit: Dr Lori Peacock Researchers at the University of Bristol have discovered how microbes responsible for human African sleeping sickness ...

New genetic copycatchers detect efficient and precise CRISPR editing in a living organism

Proof-of-principle research shows that genes can be accurately edited in cells throughout the bodyCredit: Zhiqian Li Researchers at the University ...

A beetle’s Achilles heel

Glyphosate inhibits symbiotic bacteria in the saw-toothed grain beetleCredit: Julian Kiefer, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Saw-toothed grain beetles live in a ...

Horseradish flea beetle: Protected with the weapons of its food plant

Researchers elucidate how the insect regulates the accumulation of plant toxins via special transportersCredit: Anna Schroll When horseradish flea beetles ...

Mediterranean turtles recovering at different rates

Credit: Olkan Erguler Numbers of two Mediterranean turtle species have risen in the last three decades - but in Cyprus ...

The formation of the Amazon Basin influenced the distribution of manatees

Whole mitochondrial DNA sequencing of the three extant species of the aquatic mammal shows that they first split from their ...

Stanford researchers map how people in cities get a health boost from nature

Credit: Jacob Lund / Shutterstock Your local city park may be improving your health, according to a new paper led ...

Informed tourists make whale watching wafer for whales

Credit: Héctor Guzmán According to the International Whaling Commission, whale-watching tourism generates more than $2.5 billion a year. After the ...

Geoscientists find that shallow wastewater injection drives deep earthquakes in Texas

Credit: Virginia Tech In a newly published paper, Virginia Tech geoscientists have found that shallow wastewater injection -- not deep ...

Time running out to save coral reefs

Credit: Morgan Pratchett / ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. New research on the growth rates of coral ...

As global climate shifts, forests’ futures may be caught in the wind

Global wind currents have shaped the genetic diversity of our planet's forests and could either help or hinder tree populations ...

Long-term stress in dogs linked to the owner-dog relationship

Credit: Anna Nilsen/Linköping University The relationship a dog has with its owner is related to its stress level. This is ...

Conservationists concerned about illegal hunting and exploitation of porcupines in Indonesia

Credit: James Eaton Porcupines are frequently traded across Asia, and Indonesia, home to five species, is no exception. They are ...

Mapping citrus microbiomes: The first step to finding plant-microbiome treasures

Credit: Tess Deyett Due to their complexity and microscopic scale, plant-microbe interactions can be quite elusive. Each researcher focuses on ...

Friendly pelicans breed better

Credit: Dr Paul Rose Captive pelicans that are free to choose their own friendships are more likely to breed successfully ...

Errors at the start of life

The process of combining maternal and paternal genetic information is surprisingly error-proneCredit: MPI for Biophysical Chemistry/ Tommaso Cavazza and Melina ...

Study finds pretty plants hog research and conservation limelight

Credit: n/a New Curtin University research has found a bias among scientists toward colourful and visually striking plants, means they ...

Impacts of landfill chemical waste on UK seabirds investigated