Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress ...

Over the course of evolution, the human heart has largely lost its ability to regenerate. Our distant ancestors were not ...

Vertebrates have extremely different brain sizes: even with the same body size, brain size can vary a hundredfold. As a rule, ...

Current demand for plastics and chemical raw materials is met through large-scale production of ethylene from fossil fuels.

The results were published in Current Biology. By studying the genes of Coleochaetophyceae ... "This tells us that we need to ...

A giraffe's long legs aren't just for height, they save energy by reducing how hard the heart works to pump blood upward ...

Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal announced on Saturday a personal investment of $25 million to launch Continue Research, a ...

Have you ever wondered how some life forms keep going in places so cold we’d call them frozen? Places humans wouldn't dare ...

The lungfish is a rarely studied organism, with scientific implications that extend far beyond its unassuming reputation. On Thursday, Oct. 23 the Biology Department Seminar Series featured Irene ...

Over the past two decades, synthetic biology has fueled advancements across a broad range of disciplines, including agriculture, bioremediation, biofuel production, and chemical manufacturing. Today, ...

African umbrella acacia trees grow more during droughts, contrasting with the conservative splendid thorn acacia, a study in The Plant Journal shows.

In a suspected case of reverse evolution, wild tomatoes in the Galápagos have developed a defense mechanism that hasn’t been seen in millions of years.