Moratorium into Research of Modified Contagious H5N1 Avian Flu Strains
Researchers have agreed to pause their work into the H5N1 avian influenza virus for the next 60 days. The research involved creating extra-contagious versions of…
Biology News
Survey Team Rediscovers Near-Extinct Monkey In the Jungles of Borneo
Researchers rediscovered Miller’s grizzled langur in Borneo’s jungles, which was feared extinct, in the rain forest preserve of Wehea, located 90 miles west of the…
Evolutionary Biologists Make Multicellular Life Evolve in the Lab
The evolutionary transition between single-celled organisms and multicellular life as we know it took several billion years to occur in nature, but under artificial pressure,…
Mesodinium Chamaeleon Is A Unique Life Form That is Half Plant Half Animal
In nature, you’ll find animals that undergo vast transformations, becoming almost unrecognizable in their new forms. Examples like caterpillars becoming butterflies and tadpoles becoming frogs…
Ruminant Orthobunyavirus Takes Northern Europe By Surprise
A new virus has been found that causes fetal malformations and stillbirths in cattle, sheep and goats in northern Europe. Scientists don’t have a clue about…
NIH Study Reveals 32 Million Americans Have Autoantibodies
A new study conducted by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the University of Florida show that more than 32 million people in…
MR Spectroscopy Helps Measure Brain Tumor Mutation
A team of researchers from MIT, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Agios Pharmaceuticals are using MR spectroscopy to measure whether brain tumors have a…
Autistic Children Have Different Gastrointestinal Bacteria
A newly published study shows that many autistic children harbor Sutterella bacteria in their digestive tract, contrary to non-autistic children. While this research provides a…
Molecular Motor Dynein Exhibits Strut Like Movement
It seems that inefficiency isn’t always a bad thing. Recent research shows that dynein, a motor protein, has a “strut” like motion instead of the…
Hybrid Sharks Ready to Take Over the Oceans: Fact and/or Fiction
As much as some media outlets would like the appearance of hybrid sharks to foster new, incredible shark attacks, the reality of the situation is…
New Research Targets Myc-Driven Cancers
New research in the fight against breast cancer and prostate cancer could produce positive results. Researchers discovered a way to stop Myc-driven cancer cells by…
Animals Get Tickled in The Name of Science
You tickle someone and it is like a magic laughter button. What is that all about? When we are tickled it is a thrill and…
Brainless, Faceless Fish Found in Scottish Waters
Discovered during a series of 15 Scottish marine excavations in 2011, covering roughly 2,000 square miles, a brainless and faceless fish (pictured above) was found…
Mountain Lion Cubs Rescued in California
On Tuesday, two malnourished mountain lion cubs were rescued in Burbank California. They weren’t found in the wild, but were found hiding under a parked…
Female Sumatran Rhino May Be The Key to Saving The Species
As Sumatran rhino’s numbers continue to decrease and head towards extinction, the race is on to find a breeding pair to start their long-term preservation….
Amazonian Tribe’s Head Shapes Explained
Evolution is fueled by environmental factors, like climate, or geography. Cultural factors can play their part as well in the form of traditions and behaviors…
Hairy People Better at Catching Bedbugs
Here’s some news that will make you think about throwing out your razor and giving up waxing. People with lots of body hair are better…
Gene Discovery Sheds Light on How Fruit Flies Retreat from Heat
Fruit flies. They can be downright annoying in your home, but they aren’t all bad. Here’s one way that they are helping us. A new…
