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A California Chinook Salmon Jumps into a waterfall during spawning season

Geneticists Light Up Debate on Salmon Conservation

Infographic comparing the fall and spring salmon runs

Infographic: An Incredible Journey

Glass blown and sculpted model of the golden bellapple (<em>Passiflora laurifolia</em>)

Glass Menagerie, 1863–1936

Glass-blown and sculpted model of the sea anemone (<em>Phymactis florida</em>)

Slideshow: The Lifelike Glass Models of Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka

Timeline summarizing a series of petitions filed about the Chinook salmon

Timeline: An Extended Battle

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The Constellation of Creatures Inhabiting the Ocean Surface

Neuston

Slideshow: Meet the Neuston, the Diverse Organisms Living at the Ocean’s Surface

Various images of different types of neuston

Neuston: Living Among Plastic Debris in the Open Ocean

Illustration showing where neuston reside

Infographic: Neuston Drift Atop the World’s Oceans

An image of a pale, dead tree taken from the ground, so that the tree limbs stretch up into the sky.&nbsp;

Certain Tree Species Are More Susceptible to Death by Lightning

a round water flea is illustrated in black and white on a striated background

Environmental RNA Reveals Heat Stress in Water Fleas

A lobed leaf next to a rounded leaf, both from the same Boquila trifoliolata vine

Can Plants See? In the Wake of a Controversial Study, the Answer’s Still Unclear

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Kirsty Wright is searching for evidence in a missing persons investigation. She is wearing a blue shirt and glasses. Behind her is dense vegetation and police procedural tape.

How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

Photo of John Calhoun crouches within his rodent utopia-turned-dystopia

Universe 25 Experiment

Hands holding an older woman’s hands.

One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

Illustration of a hole in the shape of a dollar sign on a blue background. One character is falling into the hole at the bottom of the “S” while another individual is holding another up at the top of the “S”. The image represents the absence of funding for researchers in biotech with the cancellation of the SBIR/STTR program.

The Federal Government’s Research Innovation Lifeline Has Gone Dark

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The Translational Potential of Cell and Gene Therapies

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Tackling Translational Needs in Gene Editing

Illustration of a developing fetus surrounded by a clear fluid with a subtle yellow tinge, representing amniotic fluid.
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What Is the Amniotic Fluid Composed of?

The liquid world of fetal development provides a rich source of nutrition and protection tailored to meet the needs of the growing fetus.

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