Notebook

Puerto Rican businesses and residents come together to support the genomic sequencing of the island’s only native parrot species, hoping to help protect the endangered bird.

By tapping local knowledge among African pastoralists and veterinarians, researchers successfully eradicated a deadly livestock virus—and are looking to replicate their success to halt other epidemics.

Undergraduate students delve into genomics and synthetic biology thanks to a new breed of technologically advanced courses.

A graduate student rediscovers a snail species officially declared extinct in 2000.

Taking gastronomy to the molecular level creates unprecedented flavor combos.

A conference, started 10 years ago partly as a disease ecologist’s birthday party, has become one of the most valued meetings in the field.

Borrowing techniques from nail and hair salons, researchers have devised a method to tag small, previously untrackable sea turtles.

Comparing the protein profile of a 500-year-old Inca mummy to modern humans reveals an active lung infection prior to sacrifice.

Laboratory-raised populations of dung beetles reveal a mother's extragenetic influence on the physiques of her sons.

Cockfighting and other cultural practices in Southeast Asia could greatly aid the spread of deadly diseases like bird flu.

A dock dislodged by 2011's Japanese tsunami washes ashore in Oregon, posing an invasive species threat, but also serving as an unprecedented natural experiment in open-ocean dispersal.

A 10-year-old boy spends his summer vacation helping his chemist dad solve the structure of complicated materials.

Diverse plant communities create a disease-fighting "soil genotype."

Can electronic noses come close to the real thing?

Researchers look to the emerging phenomenon of "crowdfunding" to pay for their work

Researchers are learning how species from across the animal kingdom use seismic signals to mate, hunt, solve territorial disputes, and much more.

People living on islands in the Norwegian Sea suffer from an unusually high rate of certain genetic diseases and health issues, making the population ripe for research.

Researchers working in war-torn countries find hints to the molecular roots of posttraumatic stress disorder.

A hint of green leads researchers to an ocean phenomenon that could counteract the effect of climate change on some corals.

At age 16, Alexandra Sourakov has her first scientific publication, on the foraging behavior of butterflies.