The brain’s phagocytes follow an ATP bread trail laid down by calcium waves to the site of damage.
The brain’s phagocytes follow an ATP bread trail laid down by calcium waves to the site of damage.
Diverse plant communities create a disease-fighting "soil genotype."
Researchers are learning how species from across the animal kingdom use seismic signals to mate, hunt, solve territorial disputes, and much more.
Salt compounds produced by plant and fungus species help form organic aerosols that form clouds and produce rain.
Researchers monitor the movement of the Pacific’s largest predators and share the information with the world in real time.
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Competition for resources between mothers- and daughters-in-law having children at the same time could have been a driver for the emergence of menopause.
A polar bear in a German zoo dies after contracting a virus normally found in zebras.
Researchers have found an increase in butterflies with unusual wing shapes, legs, and antennae than before the nuclear disaster.
The root system of a tree species is genetically different than the leaves of that individual, potentially modifying scientists’ understanding of evolution.