With millions of feral rabbits currently hopping around the continent, you might wonder if the viruses that kept their numbers down in the past still work.

Upcoming campus construction plans near Strawberry Creek could tear through the habitat of a native butterfly species.

Diffuse coevolution is also known as multi-species or guild coevolution. It occurs when several species collectively influence one another. An example is pollination systems in which plants interact ...

Since 2023, a significant number of published scholarly papers show signs of having been edited using AI tools. These tools are also being used to review papers and search and discovery tools, in ways ...

Postcopulatory sexual selection (PCSS) arises from widespread sexual promiscuity and operates through competition of the ejaculates of different males over fertilization (sperm competition), choice of ...

A new study tests the hypothesis that the consumption of the mind-altering beverage kava facilitated the emergence of complex, hierarchical societies in Oceania ...

David Rand, a professor of natural history at Brown University, explains how studying mitochondria — the cell's energy producers — offers a useful way to understand complex gene-by-gene or ...

A History of the Second World War from the Perspective of Small Nations** Viewing World War II through a binary lens of ...

When I noticed several Antillean Crested Hummingbirds flitting around the Ginger Thomas flowers I thought, how sweet, they are busy pollinating the flowers. But no! I went to get my camera, and took ...

Scientists at the University of East Anglia (U.K.) have uncovered a hidden link between gut health and the immune system—all thanks to a tiny island bird. Researchers studied the Seychelles warbler, a ...