Secretions from a parasitoid wasp induce ants to attack their kin, leaving the wasp a free run at the larvae in the nest.

The UK's Royal Society has announced the election of 42 new Fellows and six Foreign Members.

The US National Academy of Sciences today announced the election of 72 new members.

A dormouse-like fossil is the earliest member of a group that eventually led to the placental mammals.

The 2002 awards recognize the impact of genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics.

Low levels of weed killer run-off cause changes in amphibian sexual characteristics.

A salivary enzyme is a key weapon in the evolutionary arms race between plants and animals.

Measuring halides emitted from tropical ferns could explain the observed shortfall in these ozone-depleting compounds.

Bacteria producing amyloid plaque-like curli could provide clues about the development of Alzheimer's disease.

The discharge of ballast water collected from one region into the ecosystem of another has long been recognized as a major environmental problem. In January Biological Conservation, Mario Tamburri and colleagues at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute show that deoxygenating ballast water can prevent the introduction of exotic invasive species and also reduce ship corrosion (Biological Conservation 2002, 103:331-341).Investigations by Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd., showed that ballast w

The completion of a microsporidian parasite genome could have important implications for microbial comparative genomics.

A new anthrax vaccine based on mutant forms of the bacterium's toxic proteins could be on the horizon.