Scientists discover gene behind an inherited muscle disorder by studying zebrafish embryos.
Scientists discover gene behind an inherited muscle disorder by studying zebrafish embryos.
Regular supplies of food for scavenger birds in Spain may not be the most effective conservation strategy, as smaller birds are bullied away.
Highways and byways are among the man-made environmental alterations driving the evolution of animals on contemporary timescales, with implications for ecology.
Raising one evolutionary question after another, Brandon Gaut has harvested a crop of novel findings about how plant genomes evolve.
Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia. Age: 34
Yale University evolutionary biologist Steven Brady studies the evolutionary impacts of roads on the amphibians.
Despite cicadas’ high profile, scientists still don’t fully understand when and why they decide it is time to mate.
Researchers discover a microbe living at -15°C, the coldest temperature ever reported for bacterial growth, giving hope to the search for life elsewhere in the cosmos.
The Asian harlequin ladybird carries a biological weapon to wipe out competing species.
For the first time, researchers visualize zebrafish memory retrieval in real time.