A research team has uncovered and reconstructed the complete biosynthetic pathway of polyphyllin II—a potent anticancer ...

Sitting in my campsite at Goblin Valley State Park, I saw an antelope ground squirrel standing erect on its back feet, which ...

A plant named Virectaria stellata has genetic traits foreign to its family, challenging the classic rules of plant ...

A new study published in Ecology Letters has uncovered the mechanisms underlying plant community assembly and biodiversity ...

This important study introduces a new biology-informed strategy for deep learning models aiming to predict mutational effects in antibody sequences. It provides solid evidence that separating ...

A tiny fossil fish from Alberta is forcing scientists to rethink a story that has sat quietly in textbooks for decades. It is ...

The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and complex as we peer into the mysterious world of viruses. Said to have existed since living cells first appeared, these microscopic ...

In a rocky impact crater high in Canada's Arctic, scientists have uncovered a hornless rhinoceros that is rewriting the map of ancient Earth. The newly described species, Epiatheracerium itjilik, ...

Ushikuvirus is a newly identified giant virus that infects amoebas, adding to a growing group of oversized viruses that scientists believe may have played an important role in the emergence of complex ...

Ushikuvirus, an amoeba-infecting giant virus, joins the family of giant viruses that may have driven the evolution of complex ...

Evolutionary biologist Pamela Yeh and animal domestication expert Raffaela Lesch join Host Flora Lichtman to discuss how ...

The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and complex as we peer into the mysterious world of viruses.