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Google's AlphaFold can help ID what parts of a gene editing protein enable mistakes.

“We think this may help younger orcas feed more easily, or it could also just be for fun.”

A single chemical made by mole-rat queens enforces the social order.

Male dragonflies' dramatic aerial combat maneuvers emerge from relatively simple vision-based rules.

A new study has succeeded in mapping, on a global scale, the fungal network that supports plant life and helps regulate our planet’s climate.

It only works for a few divisions thanks to a lot of added materials.

The move comes as the Trump administration is trying to weaken the act that’s meant to protect endangered species from going extinct in the first place.

A newly identified species of fungus attacks the famous “zombie mushrooms” that control ants.

Current amphibian development may not have been typical of early land vertebrates.

Transferring genes across species doesn't just happen in microbes.

Will the Sun roast Earth’s plants or starve them?

Our ancestors' genomes were built through successive waves of gene transfers.

A recent video of a great white shark in the Mediterranean Sea offers the possibility of deriving valuable information for conservation strategies.

Scientists in Finland found bees could solve an insect version of the classic "box-and-banana" problem.

Leading AI labs, executives, and scientists are sending a letter to lawmakers urging them to improve tracking of synthetic DNA sequences that could be used for bioweapons.

When they're being eaten, bean plants release chemicals that draw in parasitic wasps.

"It’s a reminder of how human activity is changing the natural world in unanticipated ways.”

A walk in the cemetery led to Cornell researchers discovering an underground colony of bees with an estimated population of 5.5 million—one of the largest ever recorded.

They seem to reorganize their tissues and then just keep living.

Iron-rich immune cells in the liver may act as sensors for magnetic fields, serving as an internal compass.