Columbia University evolutionary ecologist Dustin Rubenstein explains just why it's so interesting and important to find slime molds that engage in a form of agriculture.
Columbia University evolutionary ecologist Dustin Rubenstein explains just why it's so interesting and important to find slime molds that engage in a form of agriculture.
Building tiny houses to study how bacteria behave in natural environments
Dustin Rubenstein discusses how the discovery of amoebas that farm their own food links the development of agriculture with the evolution of social behavior.
Joy Ward is reaping the rewards of her studies on how plants handle global climate change—gathering academic accolades and presidential embraces along the way.
The Great Sperm Whale, Noble Cows & Hybrid Zebras, Radioactive, Science-Mart
Associate professor, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University. Age: 34
Research in behavioral epigenetics is seeking evidence that links experience to biochemistry to gene expression and back out again.
Two lizard taxonomists champion the use of Bayesian species delimitation to settle taxonomic debates.
Quirk, Darwin's Armada, The Death & Life of Monterey Bay, Elegance in Science
A newly minted PhD finds a 150-billion-base-pair-long DNA molecule in a plant.