The reproductive biology of reptiles encompasses a wider range of strategies than is often assumed in general accounts of the ...

A reduced genome in an island species raises evolutionary questions.

Moss is ancient. It evolved some 470 million years ago, long before the first dinosaur hatched. It is so rudimentary that it ...

This important study introduces a new biology-informed strategy for deep learning models aiming to predict mutational effects in antibody sequences. It provides solid evidence that separating ...

This lizard’s physiology rewrites what we thought reptiles were capable of. Here’s the truth behind its notorious reputation, ...

Biologists are closing in on a puzzle that seems to turn classic evolutionary logic inside out, yet may be so common that it ...

The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright movement. It helps explain how human ancestors left life on all fours ...

Antarctic icefish are famous for living without red blood cells, but they are not alone. A species of needle-shaped, ...

Northern elephant seals are protected by federal law, and disturbing them during fasting and breeding can cause stress, ...

Lurking in the vast expanse of the ocean and buried deep in the Siberian permafrost, there are giants—not blue whales and ...

Researchers from the Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ghent University introduced ...

It may have fewer than many of the other sciences, but biology does have two dozen or so “rules”—broad generalizations about ...