Pigeons are a well-known group of frequent flyers that can traverse hundreds of miles (hundreds of kilometers) in a single day.
A cell copies all of its DNA, gears up to split in two, and then just… doesn’t. It sits there, swollen with a double genome, ...
Before money existed, life was already solving the profit problem through energy. Drawing on biology, physics, and economics, ...
Almost all animal species—including humans—have blood cells, but between different species our blood tells different stories. The lineage and components of blood cells vary widely, and this variety is ...
During animal cell division, a highly synchronized and tightly regulated dance of chromosomes takes place, ensuring the ...
We've been looking at nature the wrong way, argues Rowan Hooper. If we stop focusing on the individual, we get a whole new ...
Scientists have uncovered new evidence that certain immature brain cells may help some people resist the symptoms of ...
What if your eyes could use light to heal themselves? Drawing inspiration from how plants harness sunlight, researchers at ...
Hair, nails, and horns, all made up of keratin, are some of the hardest and most resilient structures in animals. Inside ...
They looked like traces left behind by tiny creatures, but were most likely microbes.
Hair, nails, and horns, all made up of keratin, are some of the hardest and most resilient structures in animals. Inside zebrafish cells, keratin ...