A Hiroshima-University-led research team has discovered a key gene responsible for the initiation of gemma development, ...

It may seem odd to think of aphids producing their offspring while already pregnant, but in actuality, it is not an unusual ...

UC Davis researchers have discovered a multi-layered system that plants use to regulate salicylic acid, a hormone vital for disease resistance but harmful in excess. The mechanism involves enzymes ...

In Mauritius, home to nearly 250 species of coral and 150 kilometres of reef, the decline has been stark. But restoration ...

Unless you carefully inspect the leaves of a plant in your garden, you might not ever see the tiny little bugs known as ...

Malaria infected 282 million people in 2024, compared with 238 million in 2018, and the death toll climbed from 575,000 to ...

Multiple invasive worm species, including hammerhead worms and Asian jumping worms, are spreading across North America, ...

Scientists have nailed the biomechanics of a centuries-long puzzle on how freshwater flatworms known as planarians reproduce. The asexual freshwater worms, notoriously difficult to study, tear ...

Romantic relationships improve psychological well-being for most people—but do they for everyone? It has been shown in many scientific studies that high-quality romantic relationships with a loving ...

Many flowering plants have duplicated genomes, which could have helped them evolve to deal with extreme stress in times of ...