Rather than rely on plant-derived products, biotech companies are engineering bacteria and yeast to produce ingredients for fragrances.
Rather than rely on plant-derived products, biotech companies are engineering bacteria and yeast to produce ingredients for fragrances.
Biologist David Gruber studies radiant creatures and their fluorescent proteins.
A card game based on interacting species aims to get children interested in real plants and animals.
Guppies with experimentally shrunken brains produced more offspring than guppies bred for larger noggins, confirming a long suspected tradeoff of bigger brains.
A new study finds that an Alaskan population of the fish has quickly evolved in response to warming temperatures.
A nuclear war could have profound effects on crops yields around the world, according to a new study.
As nonconventional medical treatments become increasingly mainstream, we take a look at the science behind some of the most popular.
Wales creates a database of DNA barcodes for all of its native flowering plants, hoping to guide conservation and drug development efforts.
A federal appeals court upholds the Environmental Protection Agency’s right to regulate air pollution under the Clean Air Act.
The California condor is being threatened by lead bullets that it eats in the carcass of hunted animals.