Life Sciences News
March 2, 2025
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Feb. 25, 2025 — Weeds like Palmer amaranth make farming harder and less profitable, and available herbicides are becoming less effective. For scientists to find solutions, they first need to know their enemy. A study reveals complete chromosome-level genomes for ...
Feb. 27, 2025 — A new study has identified a genetic circuit in plants that controls individual leaf growth and allows the plants to adapt to their environment. The findings could help the development of more drought-resistant ...
Feb. 27, 2025 — Conservation strategies are turning back the doomsday clock in threatened Florida-Scrub Jays -- but not without caveats, a new study ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — An intriguing native Australian rat-kangaroo, thought to be probably extinct, may still be running around in the inhospitable remote Sturt Stony Desert -- and researchers have discovered new details about its feeding habits that might help to find ...
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Feb. 19, 2025 — Messenger RNA can travel between different types of stem cells through tunnel-like structures, as revealed by a new study. By studying interactions ...
Feb. 27, 2025 — New research highlights the unique dilemma faced by Sydney's koala population. Populations in south-western Sydney are among the very few in New South Wales still free of chlamydia, a highly ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — The corn earworm causes the loss of more than 76 million bushels of corn in the United States annually, and there is mounting evidence that increasingly extreme weather events and temperatures will ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — A team has gathered photographic data on daily mammalian activity, studying 445 total species around the world with surprising results. The project generated a massive dataset of animal images ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — It's common knowledge that sugar causes cavities, but new research provides evidence that -- depending on your genetic makeup -- starches could also be a contributing ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — How do wildlife researchers know when an endangered population is sick? They can detect infectious microbes in animal waste, but the presence of a microbe doesn't always equate to impactful ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — A research team observing anemonefish in the field found they engage in interesting feeding behavior with their host sea ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — Two new papers describe a significant advance in understanding the complex functions of the metabolic ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — The reason why so many tree species can coexist in species-rich forests has long been a subject of debate in ecology. This question is key to understanding the mechanisms governing the dynamics and ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — Researchers discovered evidence for human habitation of rainforests 150,000 years ago. This pushes back the oldest known evidence of humans in rainforests by more than double the previously known ...
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Feb. 26, 2025 — It's not what you do, it's how readily you do it. Rapid evolutionary change might have more to do with how easily a key innovation can be gained or lost rather than with the innovation ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — A comprehensive encyclopedia of the known functions of all protein-coding human genes has just been completed and released. Researchers used large-scale evolutionary modeling to integrate data on ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — How can the loss of species and habitats in agricultural landscapes be stopped? Up to now, measures have mostly been implemented by individual farms. In contrast, agri-environmental measures that are ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — A new species of manzanita -- a native California shrub famous for its twisted branches and wildfire resilience -- has been discovered on the central coast, but its survival is already threatened by ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — When faced with multiple food options and ultimately choosing one, the factors of that decision-making process may be more physiological than previously assumed. A group of scientists recently ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — Some animals are capable of cooperating with members of other species. An interdisciplinary team explores the cognitive underpinnings of such cross-species collaborations, opening up a new ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — The Beatles said it best: Love is all you need. And according to new research, the same may be true in the animal kingdom. Well, at least for mosquitofish -- a matchstick-sized fish endemic to ...
Feb. 24, 2025 — Bigger animals consistently show higher prevalence of both benign and malignant ...
Feb. 24, 2025 — Researchers say they found that infection with a common virus that can be transmitted from mother to fetus before birth significantly worsens an often-fatal complication of premature birth called ...
Feb. 24, 2025 — The gut bacteria of giraffes are not primarily determined by what they eat, but by the species they belong to. This is shown in a new study in which researchers have analyzed the link between diet ...
Feb. 21, 2025 — Groundbreaking study shows machine learning can decode emotions in seven ungulate species. A game-changer for animal welfare? Can artificial intelligence help us understand what animals feel? A ...
Feb. 21, 2025 — A diet of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy foods and lean meats, low in salt and sugar, is associated with reduced psoriasis severity, new research ...
Feb. 20, 2025 — A team of researchers has outlined a new approach for better understanding the depths of animal consciousness, a method that may yield new insights into the similarities and differences among living ...
Feb. 20, 2025 — Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one of the most abundant trees across much of eastern North America. It also ...
Feb. 20, 2025 — Epigenetic inhibitors as a promising new antimalarial intervention strategy? A new study identifies an inhibitor of gene regulation that specifically kills the malaria ...
Feb. 20, 2025 — Biologists have discovered a new type of RNA-splicing regulation that helps to determine which protein-coding exons will be included in messenger RNA ...
Feb. 20, 2025 — In their effort to answer a decades-old biological question about how the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is able to establish infection of liver cells, researchers have identified a vulnerability that opens ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — Animal populations from urban areas show significantly higher resilience to stressful environmental conditions. The mussel and crustacean species studied were able to adapt to disturbed environments, ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — Why have some orchids stopped photosynthesis and become parasites feeding on fungi? Researchers found that in at least one species the transition may be driven by the opportunity -- more than by the ...
Feb. 18, 2025 — For years, scientific divers at a research station in the Mediterranean Sea had a problem: at some point in every field season, local fish would follow them and steal food intended as experimental ...
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- Fish Teeth Show How Ease of Innovation Enables Rapid Evolution
- Comprehensive Resource Describes Functions of More Than 20,000 Human Genes
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- Successful Strategies for Collaborative Species Conservation
- New Manzanita Species Discovered, Already at Risk
- Role of Hormone in Influencing Brain Reward Pathway and Food Preferences
- Some Animals Cooperate With Members of Other Species
- 'Smarts' Count: Evolution of Intelligence
Monday, February 24, 2025
- Bigger Animals Get More Cancer, Defying Decades-Old Belief
- Research Suggests Common Viral Infection Worsens Deadly Condition Among Premature Babies
- Unexpected Discoveries in Study of Giraffe Gut Flora
Friday, February 21, 2025
- AI Unlocks the Emotional Language of Animals
- Plant-Rich, Low Saturated-Fat Diet Associated With Reduced Psoriasis Severity
Thursday, February 20, 2025
- Researchers Outline New Approach for Better Understanding Animal Consciousness
- Scientists Decode DNA of White Oak Tree
- Promising New Class of Antimalarial Drugs Discovered
- Biologists Discover a New Type of Control Over RNA Splicing
- Digging Into a Decades-Old Hepatitis B Mystery Suggests a New Potential Treatment
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
- Wild Fish Can Recognize Individual Divers
- Repeated Invasions Shape NZ's Bird Life
- New Study Uncovers How Genes Influence Retinal Aging and Brain Health
- Ecologist Finds Eastern Monarch Butterflies Delaying Fall Migration
- From Plants to People: How Amino Acid, Vitamin Balance Links Plant Immunity to Epilepsy
- Sweet Molasses Feed Key to Understanding Grazing Behavior in Cattle
- Biomedicine Shows the Way to Future Food Crops
- Biologists Transform Gut Bacteria Into Tiny Protein Pharmacies
Monday, February 17, 2025
Friday, February 14, 2025
- Researchers Discover How Opsin 3, a Light-Sensitive Brain Protein, Regulates Food Consumption in Mice
- Marine Mystery Solved: How Anemonefish Avoid Stings from Their Sea Anemone Hosts
- Protective Role of Mitochondrial Protein Mitofusin 2 in Cellular Health Revealed
Thursday, February 13, 2025
- Guardian Molecule Keeps Cells on Track -- New Perspectives for the Treatment of Liver Cancer
- Function of Red Stigmas in Wind-Pollinated Flowers
- How Mitochondria Drive Autophagy
- Protected Habitats Aren't Enough to Save Endangered Species, Study Finds
- Dessert Stomach Emerges in the Brain
- Birds Have Developed Complex Brains Independently from Mammals
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- Where Do Invasive Species Spread and Why? Researchers Take a Novel Approach to Find the Answer
- Global Warming and Mass Extinctions: What We Can Learn from Plants from the Last Ice Age
- Nighthawks: Wild Medaka Actively Court Female Fish in Wee Hours
- Worm Surface Chemistry Reveals Secrets to Their Development and Survival
- Splicing Twins: Unraveling the Secrets of the Minor Spliceosome Complex
- Engineered Animals Show New Way to Fight Mercury Pollution
- Study Examines Grief of Zoo Employees and Volunteers Across the US After Animal Losses
- Underwater Fossil Bed Discovered by Collectors Preserves Rare Slice of Florida's Past
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
- Engineering Biological Reaction Crucibles to Rapidly Produce Proteins
- 'Junk' RNA Segments Play Role in Protein Production, Cell Stress Response
Monday, February 10, 2025
- California's Marine Protected Areas Boost Fish Populations Across the State
- Boosting Evolution: How Humans Unintentionally Altered the Skulls of Pigs
- Candidate Genes in Canine Hepatocellular Carcinoma for Molecular Targeted Therapy
- Bats Play a Key Role in Combating Rice Pests in Southeast Asia
- Follow the Fish's Gaze
- Less, but More: A New Evolutionary Scenario Marked by Massive Gene Loss and Expansion
- Blood Test Eases Diagnosis of Invasive Mold Disease
Friday, February 7, 2025
- Potential New Pathway to Fight Viruses
- Spliceosome: How Cells Avoid Errors When Manufacturing mRNA
- Twenty Years On, Biodiversity Struggles to Take Root in Restored Wetlands
- Scientist Discovers 16 New Grasshopper Species, Champions Desert Biodiversity
Thursday, February 6, 2025
- Large Differences in Water-Seeking Ability Found in U.S. Corn Varieties
- Some Species Are Susceptible to Broad Range of Viruses
- Uncovering How Developmental Genes Are Held in a Poised State
- Whale Poop Contains Iron That May Have Helped Fertilize Past Oceans
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
- Fishing and Conserving in Great Barrier Reef's Marine Reserves
- Male Flies Sharpened Their Eyesight to Call the Females' Bluff
- Value-Added Pancakes: Using Science to Improve Nutrition of Breakfast Staple
- Plant Power: A New Method to Model How Plants Move Water Globally
- Illuminating the Beginnings of Animal Development
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
- Reforms Urged to Improve Global Wildlife Trade Regulation
- New Study Assesses Impact of Agricultural Research Investments on Biodiversity, Land Use
Monday, February 3, 2025
- The Cost of Preventing Extinction of Australia's Priority Species
- People Prefer Meat Alternatives If They Are Significantly Cheaper Than Real Meat, Study Shows
- Octopuses Have Some of the Oldest Known Sex Chromosomes
- Revealing Underwater Secrets With New Technique
Friday, January 31, 2025
- Life Cycles of Some Insects Adapt Well to a Changing Climate: Others, Not So Much
- Burn Grasslands to Maintain Them: What Is Good for Biodiversity?
Thursday, January 30, 2025
- Why Maggots Love the Texture of Decaying Fruit
- New Light-Tuned Chemical Tools Control Processes in Living Cells
- Potential in Cultivation of a Special Nutritious Microalga
- Zika Uses Human Skin as 'mosquito Magnet' To Spread Virus Further
- Sharks and Rays Benefit from Global Warming, but Not from CO2 in the Oceans
- New 'Matchless' Grass Variety Yields High Seed Count Without Need for Field Burning
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
- A Window Into the Future of Amazonia
- New Fungal Species Named in Honor of Sir David Attenborough Making Zombies of Cave Spiders on the Island of Ireland
- New Insights Into the Perception of Coffee Taste -- Genetic Predisposition Plays a Role
- Landmark Genetic Study: Fresh Shoots of Hope on the Tree of Life
- Research Contrasts Drought Sensitivity of Eurasian and North American Grasslands
- Protecting the Plains: Conserving Prairie Dogs Will Revitalize North America's Grasslands
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
- Plant-Based Substitute for Fossil Fuels Developed for Plastic Foams
- First Mouse With Two Male Parents to Reach Adulthood
- Ecologist's Studies on the Effects of Prey Depletion on Populations of Large African Carnivores
Monday, January 27, 2025
- How Tiny Algae Shaped the Evolution of Giant Clams
- Botanic Gardens Must Team Up to Save Wild Plants from Extinction
- How Animal Poop Helps Ecosystems Adapt to Climate Change
- New Insights Into the Immune Response of Plants
- Preserving Asian Horseshoe Crab Populations Through Targeted Conservation Strategies
Sunday, January 26, 2025
Friday, January 24, 2025
- Study Points to South America -- Not Mexico -- As Birthplace of Irish Potato Famine Pathogen
- Evolution Without Sex: How Mites Have Survived for Millions of Years
- Protein Labeling of Tens of Millions of Densely Packed Cells in Organ-Scale Tissues
- Fruit Flies' Courtship Song May Hold Key to Controlling Mosquitoes