Biologists are confronting a problem they thought they had mostly solved: what, exactly, counts as life. A wave of ...

Who is the Father of Biology? Discover the life and legacy of Aristotle, the ancient Greek genius who first classified living things and invented the scientific study of life.

Every year, scientists add thousands of new names to the great book of life. This momentum was initiated by the work of ...

Around 16,000 new species are described each year, but most animals and plants are listed as threatened as soon as they are ...

Main outcome measures Cumulative time dependent intake of preservatives, including those in industrial food brands, assessed using repeated 24 hour dietary records and evaluated t ...

The new study has found that species are being discovered at a faster rate than ever before, with scientists identifying more ...

Recent findings reveal Cornell prime dots can activate the immune system against melanoma, improving cancer immunotherapy ...

This Genome Watch discusses the great biosynthetic capacity that has been identified in marine environmental and host-associated microbiomes, along with approaches to facilitate research into these ...

A new spider species from among the harsh dry lands of southern Morocco has amazed the scientific world with its face, a ...

Amber from Tree Sap to Magnificent Artifact, authored by Salman Ali Ahmed al-Hail, adds a rare and meticulously researched wo ...

Nanomaterials are everywhere—from cosmetics to electronics—but their environmental and health risks are only beginning to be ...

A PREVIOUSLY unknown species of carnivorous pitcher plant found only in Palawan has been flagged as critically endangered, after scientists documented an extremely small and fragile population ...