As Germany grapples with an E. coli outbreak, a new strain of MRSA appears in Europe
As Germany grapples with an E. coli outbreak, a new strain of MRSA appears in Europe
Scientists take to the seas to study the effects of Fukushima radiation on local marine life
The path to eradicating malaria in Africa involves much more than just a vaccine.
In Chapter 9, "We Were Hunted, Which is Why All of Us are Afraid Some of the Time and Some of Us are Afraid All of the Time," author Rob Dunn explains how predators shaped our evolution as we cowered and ran from their ravenous maws.
A study commissioned by the World Health Organization suggests that they may
Whose well-being is threatened by our changing relationship with the myriad organisms that shaped the evolution of our species?
A new breed of vaccines aims to wean users off cocaine.
This Monday (May 23), which happens to be the birthday of famed naturalist and species namer extraordinaire Carolus Linnaeus, researchers at Arizona State University listed their picks of the top 10 newly-described species of 2010. Without further
Now that the ten-year effort to take stock of the diversity of life in the oceans came to a triumphant end late last year, researchers involved in the Census for Marine Life are reflecting on the project's shortcomings. Of main concern is the futu
Tiny fossil tracks embedded in a California rock formation that was once part of an ancient river may be evidence that freshwater ecosystems arose around 100 million years earlier than what is generally believed. The existing fossil record dates t