Mobile DNA elements, such as Insertion Sequence (IS) elements, transposons, integrative elements (e.g. integrative islands), ...

Scientists have released new and more accurate genome sequences for five species of duckweed. Their research reveals the specific genes responsible for some of the plant's most useful traits, allowing ...

As most people who have pulled an all-nighter will agree, lost sleep can leave us feeling foggy and far from our best. In ...

Meta-analysis reveals there is no evidence that variation in clutch size in birds is driven by the reproduction–survival trade-off.

About half a billion years ago, early animals in the oceans and seas struggled to survive in a world that experienced ...

Many scientists have pointed to long-term atmospheric changes, where increasing oxygen levels supposedly drove a variation in the number of animal life forms. Over the last couple of years, however, ...

"I expected some variation." Scientists stunned by striking behavior shift across hundreds of animal species: 'That is not ...

We are making additions to: Van der Laan, R., W. N. Eschmeyer & R. Fricke 2014 (11 Nov.), Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa Monograph 3882 (1), 1-230. DOI 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 Download ...

European surveillance data have revealed that Campylobacter bacteria in humans and animals and some strains of Salmonella continue to be highly resistant to widely used antimicrobials. The two ...

“Shark species; their numbers are dropping dramatically ... Creatures there thrive in an environment of extreme variation in temperature: from near-freezing to areas just meters away from ...

Research into animal emotions and experience has been on the rise since the late 20th century, and scientists are beginning to use these findings to help understand an age-old question ...

The Ocean Census project has identified 866 new marine species, many from the deep seas, less than two years since its launch. The project announced its findings on March 10, marking the first ...