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Expected increases in lightning strikes due to climate change could alter the botanical composition of tropical forests.

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More Than 9,000 Tree Species Await Scientific Description

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“Godfather of Biodiversity” Thomas Lovejoy Dies at 80

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Book Excerpt from Finding the Mother Tree

Opinion: Western Canada Must Stop Clearcutting Its “Mother” Trees

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Book Excerpt From A Most Remarkable Creature

Surveying Biodiversity with Leeches

Humans Lived in Southeast Asia More Than 60,000 Years Ago

A Snake Species Not Seen Alive for 64 Years Appears in Brazil

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Global Tree Count Updated

Bird Diversity Drops From Forests to Farms

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Can CO2 Help Grow Rainforests?

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Saving the Amazon Rainforest

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Biomedical Informatician Atul Butte Dies at 55

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A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Maternal Iron Deficiency Can Trigger Sex Reversal in Mouse Embryos

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Electronic Records in Cell Culture Management

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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Seeing and Sorting with Confidence

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Streamlining Microbial Quality Control Testing

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Pioneering Cancer Plasticity Atlas will help Predict Response to Cancer Therapies

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