Shedding light on the secret reproductive lives of honey bees
Honey bee health has been on the decline for two decades, with U.S. and Canadian beekeepers now losing about 25…
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Scientists discover electric eels hunting in a group
Deep in the Brazilian Amazon River basin, scientists led by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History fish research associate…
Snakes evolve a magnetic way to be resistant to venom
Certain snakes have evolved a unique genetic trick to avoid being eaten by venomous snakes, according to University of Queensland…
Researchers uncover viral small RNAs in mosquito cells
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) provide a new genomics resource that details the small RNA transcriptomes (gene…
CPhI Worldwide Announces New November 2021 Dates
At CPhI Worldwide, we understand the importance of meeting face-to-face with your peers and potential business partners. In 2021 we…
Rising lizard temperatures may change predator-prey relationship with snakes
In a study spanning four decades, researchers from the University of Hong Kong’s Research Division for Ecology & Biodiversity (HKU)…
Bats with white-nose syndrome prefer suboptimal habitats despite the consequences
Since 2006, a fungal disease called white-nose syndrome has caused sharp declines in bat populations across the eastern United States.…
Tasmanian tiger pups found to be extraordinary similar to wolf pups
Micro-CT scanning and digital reconstructions have been used to compare the skulls of the Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) and wolf across…
Jellyfish create a ‘virtual wall’ to enhance performance
New research led by the University of South Florida has uncovered one of the reasons jellyfish have come to be…
Mapping the platypus genome: How Earth’s oddest mammal got to be so bizarre
Often considered the world’s oddest mammal, Australia’s beaver-like, duck-billed platypus exhibits an array of bizarre characteristics: it lays eggs instead…