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Snake Genome Suggests Treatments for Human Heart Disease

NORMAN, Okla.—Snakes have been around for some 150 million years, but their ancient physiology might hold some important clues to developing new drugs.

Rock Mapping a Challenge for Biology Student

Editor's Note: MSU China Paleontology Expedition is a project led by Frankie D. Jackson and David J. Varricchio, professors in the Department of Earth Sciences, Dinosaur Paleontology at Montana State University and Jin Xingsheng, paleontologist and Vice Director of the Zhejiang Natural History Museum in Hangzhou, China...

Brain-Boosting Tips for Speed Learning

Two simple tips to learn better and take tests more effectively

Incredible Find in Temple Museum, Harrowing Rescue on Crumbly Mudstone

Stem Rust Ug99--the Agricultural Bully

Fossil Hunting in China Very Different Than in Montana

Good Dads and Not-So-Good Dads in the Animal Kingdom

Squid Studies: Scientists Seeking and Savoring Squid

Supersize Spores Make Fungal Infections More Deadly, Possibly Explaining Victims in Missouri

Arabian Oryx Makes History as First Species to Be Upgraded from "Extinct in the Wild" to "Vulnerable"

The latest update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species includes an all-too-rare victory: The Arabian Oryx ( Oryx leucoryx ) has been upgraded from the Endangered category to Vulnerable...

How Physics Limits Intelligence

Award-winning author Douglas Fox talks about his cover story in the July issue of Scientific American on The Limits of Intelligence, placed there by the laws of physics

MSU China Paleontology Expedition--New season starts with division of egg duties, petrified trees, soybean Popsicles

Editor's Note: MSU China Paleontology Expedition is a project led by Frankie D. Jackson and David J. Varricchio, professors in the Department of Earth Sciences, Dinosaur Paleontology at Montana State University and Jin Xingsheng, paleontologist and Vice Director of the Zhejiang Natural History Museum in Hangzhou, China...

Lost Ladybug Project

Help entomologists better understand ladybug species distribution across North America

Father Nature: 8 Great, Super-Dedicated Animal Dads [Slide Show]

What other species' padres should we be saluting this Father's Day?

Father Nature: 8 Great, Super-Dedicated Animal Dads [Slide Show]

What other species' padres should we be saluting this Father's Day?

The Science of Fatherhood

A look at research into the paternal bond and how evolution and modern society combine to shape the experience of fatherhood

From the Shadows to the Spotlight to the Dustbin--the Rise and Fall of GFAJ-1

The Limits of Intelligence

The laws of physics may well prevent the human brain from evolving into an ever more powerful thinking machine

When Cells Discovered Architecture

The Smartest Bacteria on Earth

One species of soil microbe makes unusually wise communal decisions