Biodiversity

The insects rely on more than the sun as a compass

Males on two Hawaiian islands simultaneously went mute in just a few years to avoid a parasite

The feat is a landmark achievement in synthetic biology

Tracking the transatlantic journey of young sea turtles reveals surprises

CT scans may soon link human remains to missing persons

Today is the birthday of one of my science heroes: Carl Linnaeus. Born on May 23, 1707, the Swede turned natural history from a hobby into a science with his masterful systemization and documentation of what had until then been haphazard classification of plants, animals and fungi.

Having made it to Sumatra, the first location for my field research, I've endured another frustrating few weeks waiting for yet more permits to come through.

The publication of the draft genetic sequence of a comb jelly reveals a nervous system like no other

It's premature to call the compound, alpha-ketoglutarate, an antiaging drug, but it has been found to extend the longevity of C. elegans by 50 percent

Few funds generated by the Deepwater Horizon disaster have been allocated as yet to return the Gulf of Mexico’s marshes and ecosystems to a healthier state, leading to “random acts of restoration”

An evolutionary analysis shows that the two species diverged within the past 500,000 years

By comparing the genomes of social and solitary bees, scientists hope to uncover the basis for communal behavior