In a stunning scientific breakthrough, researchers from the University of California, Berkeley have discovered a living fossil in one of California’s untouched mountain lakes—a microscopic, ...

However, tropical rainforest canopies are battlegrounds for survival. Ants compete fiercely for nesting space, taking over any hollow branch or space under tree bark. Any Squamellaria ant house would ...

Enzymes catalyze chemical reactions in organisms - without which life would not be possible. Leveraging AlphaFold2 artificial ...

As summer kicks into full gear and people are spending more time outside, there's one thing on many people's minds - ticks.

As summer kicks into full gear and people are spending more time outside, there's one thing on many people's minds—ticks.

The Scope of Biology Biology is the study of living organisms, their structure, function, growth, evolution and their interactions with the environment. It covers all life forms.

To build proteins, cells rely on a molecule called transfer RNA, or tRNA. tRNAs act like protein-building couriers, where ...

However, attempts at reconstructing a three-dimensional structure of the nervous system were frustrated by the impossibility of determining the exact relationships between cell bodies (somas ...

It is made up mainly of mineral particles, organic materials, air, water and living organisms—all of which interact slowly yet constantly. Most plants get their nutrients from the soil and they are ...

Skinner, B.F. (1938) The Behavior of Organisms: An Experimental Analysis. B.F. Skinner Foundation, Cambridge, MA. has been cited by the following article: ...

Beneath the ocean’s surface exists one of nature’s most extraordinary collaborative systems: coral reefs. These vibrant underwater ecosystems aren’t just collections of individual organisms—they’re ...

Depending on the organism, these cells arrange themselves into a variety of tissues and organs, such as the gut, muscles, and sensory systems. While not all animals have each of these tissues, they do ...