New research challenges the long-standing idea that most fixed genetic mutations are neutral. For many years, scientists studying evolution have believed that most genetic changes influencing how ...

An international team of marine scientists has identified and assessed major threats to marine megafauna, which are needed to ...

Biology isn’t just about memorizing lines from a textbook. It’s about understanding life itself. And when you truly ...

Israel Institute of Technology Faculty of Biology have identified a unique mechanism involved in the aging of the immune ...

By Edward Carver The United States is the main market for “ornamental” marine fish, those that end up as pets in aquariums.

A new paper by University of Rhode Island post-doctoral researchers Emily Sperou and Renato Borras-Chavez published in the ...

Yi Du and colleagues from the Chinese Academy of Sciences published an article in the open access journal PLOS Biology ...

Humans blink a lot. The rate varies by person, but your eyelids flutter 900 to1,200 per hour. That adds up to as many as ...

Unexpected deposits of bacteria have been found inside brain tumors, apparently affecting how the cancers grow and behave, a ...

The unexpected link between extreme age and declining cancer risk, backed by a new study published by Stanford University, ...

Researchers analyzed venomous snake strikes, revealing remarkable speed and precision in less than a blink of an eye.

Scientists examine the mummified remains of a 39,000-year-old mammoth nicknamed Yuka, whose tissue yielded ancient RNA in a ...