On July 19, the world lost a visionary teacher, scholar, and beloved friend: Joanna Macy. A guiding light in systems thinking, deep ecology, and Buddhist philosophy, Joanna touched countless lives ...

Clinicians' ability to diagnose and treat chronic diseases is limited by scientific uncertainty around factors contributing to disease risk. A study published September 2 in the journal PLOS Biology ...

Researchers from Academia Sinica, Taiwan and the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, Germany, have revealed how the nematode gene nhr-66 controls the production of cuticular collagens that ...

Animals depend on their sense of smell to locate food, identify mates and evade danger. In mammals, olfactory perception ...

In 1997, at age 19, Toby Kiers talked her way into the Smithsonian's renowned tropical research institute on Barro Colorado, an island in the middle of the Panama Canal. The scientists studied the ...

Aug. 28 (UPI) --An international team of scientists conducted a study to understand how microbial communities involved in cacao bean fermentation shape the flavor of chocolate. The study, published in ...

A watercolor artist’s interpretation of the relationship between the human genome and gut mycobiome. Created by Amy Bean, watercolor journalist and mom of first author Emily Van Syoc. Clinicians’ ...

With the Grassland Butterfly Index for Germany, UFZ scientists are providing important input for the implementation of the EU ...

In a community center in the north of England, Jon Ross and Andy Kidd mixed an improvised backing track as their fungal bandmates hit the drums and keyboards. The musicians have been plugging ...

Singaporean teacher Nicole Yao and her daughter are no strangers to the hot weather common to their homeland. But a family outing to wildlife park Rainforest Wild Asia in April ended in tears, as the ...