The research comes as communities in Italy and around Europe struggle with the rebound of bear populations due to ...

These genomes are the oldest yet found of modern humans in Europe, though they were not the first hominids to walk these ...

Different teams need to make the same conclusion multiple times before a consensus is reached and the finding can be built ...

A newly discovered promoter element "start" points to a shared regulatory syntax for controlling transcription initiation in ...

A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution reports that Italian bears living in areas with many villages evolved and ...

Balanophora lost photosynthesis long ago but kept tiny plastids that run key chemistry and shows how forest parasites adapt ...

The study reveals how Balanophora plants function despite abandoning photosynthesis and, in some species, sexual reproduction ...

How many measles cases are going undetected? Andrew Pavia, an infectious disease doctor at the University of Utah, said in some communities, getting tested means a tank of gas, missing work, finding a ...

UC San Diego researchers uncover enzyme behind cancer genome chaos, pointing to potential therapies for aggressive tumors.

Microbes are everywhere. They live in our bodies, in soil, in the oceans, and even in the air we breathe. These microscopic ...

Recent archaeological findings in the Sahara Desert have unveiled a tantalizing glimpse into a long-lost lineage of ancient ...

The microscopic organisms that fill our bodies, soils, oceans and atmosphere play essential roles in human health and the ...