Research suggests that the invasive, all-female Procambarus virginalis originated in a German aquarium back in the 1990s.

Mutations in the TP53 gene appear to influence the prognosis and likelihood of future cancers in pediatric leukemia patients.

Social insects kill infected individuals for the benefit of the colony—and now a study has shown how they know who’s sick.

The artificially motorized cells may one day help fight cancers in the female reproductive tract.

A controversial hypothesis suggests that jellyfish may one day rule the oceans, and Mola mola may tell us if we are approaching a tipping point.

Scientists in the U.K., in collaboration with members of the judiciary, have launched the first in a series of explanatory documents designed to help integrate science into the courtroom.

From extending lifespan to bolstering the immune system, the drug’s effects are only just beginning to be understood.

Chronic stress tweaks a circuit in the brain that influences how lab rodents make tough decisions. 

The variation may help explain why stocked salmon don’t fare as well in the ocean.

Over the past seven years, Xiao-Long Lin has characterized nearly 70 new species of nonbiting midges and developed DNA barcodes to aid in future ecological surveys.