The Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA), the theoretical single organism from which all life on Earth descends, is now ...

The death of an organism does not spell the end for its cells, according to new research. Cells have been shown to continue ...

Researchers at Yale have achieved a major breakthrough in synthetic biology. They have rewritten the genetic code of an ...

La Trobe University researchers have been studying the novel bacterium Mycosynbacter amalyticus —dubbed "microbial dark ...

During the early years of the twentieth century, fruit flies were the model organism of choice for many genetic researchers, including those who worked in Thomas Hunt Morgan's famous "fly room ...

It's that time of year when finding a spot at your favorite beach is a lot harder to find. It's spring break season! Is there any red tide reported?

An interaction may benefit both individuals, or the interaction may benefit one organism to the detriment of the other. An interaction between two organisms that benefits one to the detriment of ...

New Age International Inc of Brooklyn, NY is recalling all lots of Daily Veggies brand Enoki Mushroom, 200g, Product of Korea, because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism ...

Cells. Tissues. Organs. Organ systems. And the organism itself. Cells are the building blocks of life. Tissue is made when specialised cells with the same function group together. For example ...

The nervous system allows us to react to our surroundings very quickly and to coordinate our behavior. It comprises millions of neurones and electrical impulses pass along them very quickly ...

Where there are people, there are mice. This pretty well summarizes the millennia-old relationship between man and mouse. Few species have benefited from humans as much as the house mouse, Mus ...