How green algae count cell divisions illuminates key step needed for the evolution of multicellular life

An international research team led by James Umen, Ph.D., member, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center has…

Research investigates escalating jail mortality rates

The family of Samuel Lawrence, one of 10 people to die in Georgia’s Fulton County Jail…

Climate change is altering animal brains and behavior—a neuroscientist explains how

Human-driven climate change is increasingly shaping the Earth’s living environments. Rising temperatures, rapid shifts in rainfall…

Poll finds British public largely supports strong climate policies

The UK’s Tory government is rolling back climate legislation and is continuing to fund the expansion…

Birds' nests express their unique style and past experiences, study finds

Walking through a town or city, you will encounter buildings with diverse shapes and sizes. These…

Doggie dental health: Aged garlic extract shows promise as gum disease treatment

Among dogs, periodontal (gum) disease affects various breeds at rates between 44% and 100%, with higher…

Phosphorous discovered in outskirts of the Milky Way for the first time

A trio of chemists at the University of Arizona, with an affiliation to the University of…

New study shows ancient Europe was not all forest, half was covered in grassland

A team of ecologists, biologists, geographers, geologists and Earth scientists from across Europe, working with a…

Australia has more native bird species than almost anywhere else. What led to this explosion of diversity?

When you went out today, did you see any birds? A galah perhaps, or a crow? …

We need a global treaty to solve plastic pollution—acid rain and ozone depletion show us why

After years of discussion, international negotiations on a global plastics treaty resume this week in Nairobi,…