Viruses from feces can help combat obesity and diabetes

Fecal transplants are currently used to treat certain types of antibiotic-resistant diarrhea and has also been…

Chronic illness in childhood linked to higher rates of mental illness

Children with long-term health conditions may be more likely to experience mental illness in early adolescence…

Predators help prey adapt to an uncertain future

What effect does extinction of species have on the evolution of surviving species? Evolutionary biologists have…

Foraging Drosophila flies are open for new microbial partners

Scientists have found that vinegar flies do not necessarily prefer yeasts from their natural environments, but…

Arctic 'shorefast' sea ice threatened by climate change

A new study shows that coastal sea ice used by Arctic residents for hunting and fishing…

Smart use of genomic data needed in species conservation

A ‘step-change’ in conservation is needed in order to help save species from extinction in the…

Malaria risk is highest in early evening

Wide-scale use of insecticide-treated bed nets has led to substantial declines in global incidences of malaria…

Last supper: Fish use sharp barbs and spines to fight off hungry seals

Research reveals the steep price some marine mammals are willing to pay for food, after a…

PIA23901: Daedalia Planum

           Target: Mars Mission:  2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument:  THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Click here…

Predators help prey adapt to an uncertain future

What effect does extinction of species have on the evolution of surviving species? Evolutionary biologists have…