Record fish die-offs in the Midwest call for a fresh look at how humans are disrupting the planet’s essential water cycle.
Record fish die-offs in the Midwest call for a fresh look at how humans are disrupting the planet’s essential water cycle.
Swapping chromosomes from one human egg to another could eliminate mitochondrial DNA mutations that cause disease.
Bees, sheep, and chimps are just a few of the animals known to self-medicate. Can they teach us about maintaining our own health?
J. Craig Venter plans to develop a machine to find and sequence DNA on Mars, but another genomics mogul, Jonathan Rothberg, may beat him to it.
Remote sensing helps control an invasive giant weed that threatens ecosystems and border security.
Keith Campbell, a biologist who was part of the effort to clone Dolly the sheep, has passed away at the age of 58.
A brewmaster is creating a signature concoction using yeast found in his facial hair.
Laboratory-raised populations of dung beetles reveal a mother's extragenetic influence on the physiques of her sons.
Scientists unravel the confusing molecular biology behind a fruit fly’s reliance on a single type of cactus.