Leopold, The Drunken Botanist, Beautiful Whale, and Between Man and Beast
Leopold, The Drunken Botanist, Beautiful Whale, and Between Man and Beast
Archaeology can shine needed light on the evolution of our aggressive tendencies.
Researchers show that a bacterium’s self-sacrifice can benefit its community, even when the members are not strongly related.
Newly constructed ramps will expand the habitat available to a colony of water voles in London, and similar ramps elsewhere could encourage isolated populations to mix.
Researchers are finding new drugs for chronic pain and autoimmune diseases by modifying animal venom-derived molecules that target the nervous and immune systems.
Transcriptome studies reveal new insights about unusual animals whose genomes have not been sequenced.
Native Australian frog tadpoles outcompete the tadpoles of the invasive cane toad, suggesting the native frogs could form part of a suburban control program.
A red alga appears to have adapted to extremely hot, acidic environments by collecting genes from bacteria and archaea.
Two experts propose replacing Phase 3 trials with smaller, faster alternatives and post-market surveillance to invigorate the pharmaceutical industry.
Contrary to previous assumptions that macrolide antibiotics completely block the exit tunnel of ribosomes, new evidence shows that some peptides are allowed to pass.