Conservation scientists are racing against time, as hundreds of animal and plant species edge closer to extinction each year ...

Some scientists looking to preserve vulnerable species have turned to a controversial technique: synthetic biology. This ...

Scientists are researching ways to genetically modify plants and animals to be more resistant to threats like climate change.

Molecular biologists have long believed that the beginning of a gene launched the process of transcription—the process by ...

Duke’s department of biology recently decided to press pause on one of its gateway courses, Biology 203, Molecular Biology, Genetics and Evolution, reportedly due to negative student feedback on the ...

MetaGraph compresses vast data archives into a search engine for scientists, opening up new frontiers of biological discovery ...

This article is part of a larger project by The Michigan Daily examining University of Michigan research trends by analyzing academic paper citations. The Daily spoke with Michael Boehnke, Richard G.

Ants have evolved an acute sense of smell, which requires each sensory neuron to choose one scent receptor out of hundreds.

Researchers at Penn State studying declining populations of sundial lupines in the eastern part of the United States are ...