Nature has published the international study in which the Biodiversity and Evolution research group of the University of the ...

The gene-environment interaction of colon cancer and aspirin is unusual. It involves a mutation at a single location in the genome that has a big effect on colon cancer risk. The past 25 years of ...

Researchers have documented surprising behavior among chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest in Uganda: not only do they treat their own wounds, but they also help other members of their group—even when ...

The timing of plants' root placement is due to autophagy, the recycling pathway many people associate with health benefits ...

You might think you know which animals and plants are considered "domesticated" or “domestic” and which ones aren't—but a new ...

Plants have small pores on the underside of their leaves, known as stomata. When the sun rises, these pores open and the ...