The Asian harlequin ladybird carries a biological weapon to wipe out competing species.
The Asian harlequin ladybird carries a biological weapon to wipe out competing species.
New research adds to an emerging picture of the changes that global warming and thinning ice are wreaking on the marine ecosystems at the top of the world.
In a pond, more amphibian species mean decreased chances of disease spread.
A proposal to simulate all of Earth’s ecosystems is exposing a rift between small and big ecology.
Cocaine-using rat fathers pass epigenetic changes on to their sons that make them resistant to coke addiction.
Using satellite data, researchers calculate that mountain pine beetle infestations raise summertime temperatures in British Columbia’s pine forests by 1 degree Celsius.
The 1000 Genomes Project reveals the most comprehensive catalog to date of variation in the human genome.
Genes from fungi, bacteria, and viruses may have helped mosses and other plants to colonize the land.
Bees, sheep, and chimps are just a few of the animals known to self-medicate. Can they teach us about maintaining our own health?
Scientists use human stem cells to show that nuclear defects may play a role in Parkinson’s disease, and suggest a way to reverse the problem.