Bamboo sharks still developing in their egg cases respond to a predator presence by ceasing movement and even breathing.
Bamboo sharks still developing in their egg cases respond to a predator presence by ceasing movement and even breathing.
An international survey suggests that labs may not be safe as researchers think.
Carl Woese, the discoverer of the third domain of life, has passed away at age 84.
In the final chapter of his book on the origins of vertebrate sex, author and paleontologist John Long pays homage to the humble placoderm, which got the erotic ball rolling.
Life's Ratchet, The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix, The Fractalist and Hallucinations
The rise of copulation as a vertebrate reproductive strategy may have driven crucial evolutionary change and explosive species radiation.
How photosynthetic organisms get taken up, passed around, and discarded throughout the eukaryotic domain
Comparing gene transcripts from different species reveals surprising splicing diversity.
Just 3 days after five people involved in the polio vaccine effort in Pakistan were shot by unidentified assailants, three more are killed.
This year, US politics was dominated by the run-up to October elections, with science policy issues playing a role here and elsewhere around the world.