Tag: Biology

Special issue of Applications in Plant Sciences presents innovative methods to understand how ecosystems react to climate changeCredit: Image credit ...

Two new species of ‘tweezer-beaked hopping rats’ discovered in Philippines

Elusive rodents finally found when scientists switched out peanut butter bait for earthwormsCredit: Original by Velizar Simeonovski, Field Museum Just ...

Toxic metals found in reproductive organs of critically endangered eels

Mystery of shrinking population may be linked to eels devouring their own skeletonsCredit: Marko Freese. Thünen Institute for Fisheries Ecology ...

Dogs mirror owner’s stress

Credit: Private The levels of stress in dogs and their owners follow each other, according to a new study from ...

Study reveals potential new disease threats for wild snow leopards

Credit: Pixabay The first study to investigate disease threats to wild snow leopards has detected that exposure to infections may ...

McGill University receives funding to create ethics resources for human cell atlas

New policies, tools, and support to enable efficient, ethical international data sharing for this global effort to map all cells ...

New preprint server for the health sciences announced today

A joint collaboration between Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Yale University, and BMJ, medRxiv aims to meet the unique preprint needs ...

Surprising enzymes found in giant ocean viruses

Findings could represent new drug targets for human pathogens A new study led by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ...

Molecular bait can help hydrogels heal wounds

Rice University bioengineers mix injectable scaffolds at room temperature to grow new tissueCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Like fishermen, Rice University ...

To see how invading predators change an ecosystem, watch the prey, say researchers

Princeton's Rob Pringle leads a team to study predator-prey relations in the BahamasCredit: Jonathan Losos, Washington University (bottom right) and ...

Study sheds light on how cells in the body can sense cancer

Fresh insights into how cells alert the body when they are in danger of becoming cancerous could open new doors ...

Immune cells play unexpected role in early tuberculosis infection

Discovery may provide a new target for TB drugs, vaccines, NIH-supported research suggestsCredit: NIAID A class of immune cells called ...

Freshwater stingray venom varies according to sex and age

A study by the FAPESP-funded Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center shows that toxins produced by young female stingrays cause more ...

Analysis: World’s protected areas safeguard only a fraction of wildlife

Adequately resourced protected areas currently safeguard just 4-9% of terrestrial amphibians, birds, and mammalsCredit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS NEW YORK (June ...

Microorganisms on microplastics

Organisms can grow on microplastics in freshwater ecosystems. The findings of a recent study undertaken by researchers from the Leibniz-Institute ...

Details of first historically recorded plague pandemic revealed by ancient genomes

Analysis of 8 new plague genomes from the first plague pandemic reveals previously unknown levels of plague diversity, and provides ...

Telomere length unaffected by smoking

A new study has surprised the medical world, finding that smoking does not shorten the length of telomeres - a ...

Why deep-sea dragonfish have transparent teeth

Credit: Marc Meyers Off the coast of San Diego, 500 meters under the sea, pencil-sized sea monsters grin pitch-black smiles ...

Cardinalfish caught sneaking a bit on the side

Scientists have revealed the torrid, adulterous love lives of the mouth-brooding cardinalfish, with cuckoldry going hand-in-hand with cannibalism of the ...

New study sheds light on how blood vessel damage from high glucose concentrations unfolds