An ant species that lives on a carnivorous pitcher plant keeps nutrient thieves from escaping by eating them.
An ant species that lives on a carnivorous pitcher plant keeps nutrient thieves from escaping by eating them.
The activity of one type of immune cell helps regrow the limbs of amputated salamanders.
A new class of immune cell could protect against type 1 diabetes by suppressing other immune cells.
Mosquitos infected by the malaria parasite are more likely to land on and probe a substrate laced with human body odor than their uninfected counterparts.
A sequencing study suggests that some genes have evolved in parallel in humans and their canine companions, likely as a result of shared selection pressures.
Two new fossils of ancient primates shed light on the divergence of apes and Old World monkeys.
Telomeres and disease; Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes may fight malaria; bat tongue mops nectar; newly sequenced genomes
Artificially induced bacterial infections in mosquitoes could reduce the spread of malaria-causing parasites.
What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
In Chapter 4, “Darwin’s Barnacles, Agassiz’s Jellyfish,” author Christoph Irmscher describes his subject’s obsession with marine organisms.