Adult White Killer Whale Spotted in the Wild for the First Time
There have been sightings of white whales sporadically over the last few decades, but the only white killer whales (Orcinus orca) were young, including one…
There have been sightings of white whales sporadically over the last few decades, but the only white killer whales (Orcinus orca) were young, including one…
This fifteen-minute video shows how the presence of a Yale anthropologist and his colleagues from the University of Michigan help keep chimpanzees safe from the…
A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina describes how they used PAPupuncture to deliver long-lasting pain relief by exploiting the molecular…
If you thought living on fast food, candy, soda, and red meat was dangerous, try a diet of carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide. That’s what…
Neurobiologists at Washington University School of Medicine are studying how a protein that lacks any definable structure plays a vital role in cell channels. While…
It was previously thought that the brain featured a specific “God Spot” that was responsible for the neuropsychological basis for spirituality. A new study from…
Over the years antibiotics have saved many lives, but scientists never fully understood the process of how bacteria were killed, until now. A new study…
A study set to be published in June explains a reason for the worldwide declines in honeybee colonies and the drastic effects these changes could…
As population grows and consumption increases, so does waste and pollution. Scientists have been working on a way to better track and understand how pollution…
New findings are set to challenge the understanding of immune defense. In a recently published journal, researchers studied the response of mice to neurotropic vesicular…
RNA cataloging may take a big leap forward. A new study from the University of North Carolina describes a cost-effective technique that will help scientists…
Based on a genetic analysis of more than 9,000 people, a new study shows that four genes may speed shrinkage of the hippocampus in the…
Tardigrades are microscopic animals, which are among the few lifeforms on Earth capable of surviving the intense radiation, temperature extremes, and complete vacuum of outer…
By subjecting cells to high selection pressure in a laboratory setting, researchers at Max Planck Institute were able to fast-forward gene transfer from the chloroplasts…
Haemaphysalis flava, a kind of tick, was observed under the intense rays of an electron scanning microscope and survived the experience. They may have just…
In Shark Bay, Australia, the male dolphins are well known to marine biologists for their messy social entanglements. These relationships are so unique, that they’re…
Findings suggest that our own immune system may be working against us when it comes to protection from skin cancer. The scientists found that in…
Bacteria are everywhere and in much larger amounts than you may realize. A new study looks at how much a lone human presence affects the…