Agricultural pesticides, even when used at levels considered safe, can cause devastating losses of invertebrate species.
Agricultural pesticides, even when used at levels considered safe, can cause devastating losses of invertebrate species.
Researchers identify the signaling program that enables finger and toenail stem cells to direct digit regeneration after amputation.
In avian species, a gene induces programmed cell death during development in the area where a phallus would otherwise grow.
Regular supplies of food for scavenger birds in Spain may not be the most effective conservation strategy, as smaller birds are bullied away.
In the fruit fly, the ability of neural stem cells to make the full repertoire of neurons is regulated by the movement of key genes to the nuclear periphery.
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.
The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University reveals its list of the top 10 new species of 2012.
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.