In a pond, more amphibian species mean decreased chances of disease spread.
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.
As wolves became domesticated, their genes adapted to a starch-rich diet of human leftovers.
Comparing gene transcripts from different species reveals surprising splicing diversity.
Archaea packages DNA around histones in a similar way to eukaryotes, suggesting that fitting a large genome into a small space was not the original role of chromatin.
Using satellite data, researchers calculate that mountain pine beetle infestations raise summertime temperatures in British Columbia’s pine forests by 1 degree Celsius.
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?
A brewmaster is creating a signature concoction using yeast found in his facial hair.
| May 21, 2010
An invasive ant defies the rules of social evolution by conquering California with battles between enormous colonies that act like separate species.