Biologists and conservationists are too eager to demonize non-native species.
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Biologists and conservationists are too eager to demonize non-native species.
The Yersinia pestis strain extracted from the bones of Black Death victims may no longer exist.
Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences was crawling with bugs, and The Scientist went down to join in the fun.
Mosquitoes infected with the Wolbachia bacteria, which fail to transmit the dengue virus, spread through the population when released in the wild.
A new exhibit at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia celebrates the work of an artist who is also the world’s authority on grasshoppers and crickets.
Plant and fungal symbionts swap more resources with partners that provide a greater return of nutrients.
A new microfluidics chip lets researchers analyze the nucleic acids of 300 individual cells simultaneously.
The Nobel Prize winner who discovered the gene that encodes the major histocompatibility complex passes away at age 90.
A new educational framework swaps breadth of scientific disciplines for depth and emphasizes the process of science.