A zinc-sensing protein found in fruit fly intestines regulates the insect’s growth and feeding behavior.

Florence Sabin was known for her pioneering research and efforts to support women in science.

A tool for identifying jumping gene insertions in DNA sequencing data turns up possible explanations for four patients’ rare developmental disorders.

A single-cell map of C. elegans’s transcriptome during development finds cell lineages that start out genetically different and end up as cells of similar function and genetic profile.

Juvenile birds learn the length of the sounds in a song from a false memory introduced via optogenetics, instead of from real interactions with a tutor bird.

Enforcement of the Endangered Species Act will be altered, easing protections for the most critically threatened plants and animals.

Maternal care for the fish alters the structure of their developing heads.

See a developing Drosophila eye.

The extremely rare event, thought to be caused by two sperm cells fertilizing the same egg simultaneously, was last reported in 2007.