Atlantic and Baltic herring are typical plankton-eating fish of central importance for the northern Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea ecosystems. A new study published in Nature Communications led by scientists from Uppsala University (Sweden) documents the d

Scientists have addressed a long-standing controversy behind the molecular players mediating calcium signaling, a biological process that coordinates a wide array of physiological responses, according to findings published in the Proceedings of the Nation

In the vast, open ocean with no place to hide, sardines group together for protection. When they cannot rely on speed to escape, the sardines' best chance is to outmaneuver the predator altogether. However, predators also seek ways to find weak spots in

Each leopard has its own unique roar through which it can be identified, a new study finds. In the first large-scale paired camera trap and autonomous recording survey for large African carnivores, researchers were able to identify individual leopards by

The endangered Geoffrey's spider monkeys that dangle high in the rainforest canopy are elusive and hard for scientists to track.

A cell protein previously believed only to provide a scaffolding for DNA has also been shown to directly influence DNA transcription into RNA—the first step of the process by which an organism's genetic code expresses itself. The fundamental breakthrough

A pair of animal health researchers, one with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the other the Pet Poison Helpline/SafetyCall International LLC, located in Bloomington, Minnesota, has found that the number of pet dogs and cats in the U.S. wh

A team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has created a platform, called SIMPL2, that improves the study of protein-protein interactions by simplifying detection while improving measurement accuracy.

Within the human digestive tract are trillions of bacteria from thousands of different species. These bacteria form communities that help digest food, fend off harmful microbes, and play many other roles in maintaining human health.

Anyone who has dealt with ants in the kitchen knows that ants are highly social creatures; it's rare to see one alone. Humans are social creatures too, even if some of us enjoy solitude. Ants and humans are also the only creatures in nature that consiste

Westlake University in China and the California Institute of Technology have designed a protein-based system inside living cells that can process multiple signals and make decisions based on them.

Research conducted at the Department of Biology, University of Padova, has identified critical genomic milestones in the evolution of Homo sapiens, including key chromosomal rearrangements and specific gene variants that contributed to the development of