The role of field biologists is changing as conservation biology evolves and ecological challenges mount.
The role of field biologists is changing as conservation biology evolves and ecological challenges mount.
The Scientist’s 5th installment of its annual competition attracted submissions from across the life science spectrum. Here are the best and brightest products of the year.
A new show at New York’s Museum of Art and Design celebrates olfaction and the science behind modern perfume making.
A type of scallop expels water and waste through a sort of cough that could reveal clues about water quality.
Using satellite data, researchers calculate that mountain pine beetle infestations raise summertime temperatures in British Columbia’s pine forests by 1 degree Celsius.
Decades can pass between the discovery of a new animal or plant and its official debut in the scientific literature.
An all-female species, distantly related to flatworms, steals all of genetic material it needs to diversify its genome.
The crucial importance of language in the debate over the regulation of direct-to-consumer genetic tests
More stories surface about how last week’s super storm is affecting research up and down the coast—and how science is fighting back.
In Chapter 2, "Consequences and Evolution: The Cause That Works Backwards," author Susan M. Schneider places evolutionary theory in terms of the science of consequences.