Scientists have shown that two previously separate modes of plant branching regulation can be connected, revealing the most ...

A team from the University of Illinois has uncovered surprising evolutionary links between the genetic code and tiny protein ...

Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make ...

Volcanic eruptions on the remote island of Nishinoshima repeatedly wipe the land clean, giving scientists a rare chance to ...

Humans have long viewed themselves as the pinnacle of evolution, labeling other species as “primitive” or using terms like ...

The complexity of vocal communication in some primates, whales and birds might approach that of human language.

Today, biological organisms are able to make use of phosphates through proteins – molecular machines that regulate all ...

Forest ecologist Mark Harmon has been exhaustively examining dead logs for 40 years, and he’s found a complex world few ...