Viruses that attack bacteria may be an important component of our gut microbiota.
Viruses that attack bacteria may be an important component of our gut microbiota.
The Asian harlequin ladybird carries a biological weapon to wipe out competing species.
Three-dimensional imaging of living chrysalises shows how butterflies develop.
Symbiotic fungi on the roots of bean plants can act as an underground signaling network, transmitting early warnings of impending aphid attacks.
Researchers track DNA modifications and gene expression in stem cells as they differentiate.
A molecule found only in the blood of young mice dramatically reverses thickening and stiffening of the heart muscle in old mice.
The decline of a population of Arctic foxes isolated on a small Russian island may be due to mercury pollution from their diet of seabirds and seals.
After developing underground for last 17 years, billions of cicadas will soon emerge and gather in vast, noisy swarms up and down the US east coast.
Christian de Duve chose to be euthanized at home in Belgium at age 95.
As telomeres shorten with age, genes as far as 1,000 kilobases away could be affected, including one responsible for an inherited muscle disease.