Biology

Sep 6, 2018

Have you herd? Moose, bighorn sheep pass on migration tips

Moose and bighorn sheep learn migration routes from others in their herd


Sep 5, 2018

Researchers use DNA to ID shark tooth taken from boy's leg

Researchers say a tooth taken from the leg of a boy bitten at New York's Fire Island has been identified as that of a sand tiger shark


Sep 5, 2018

Early results boost hopes for historic gene editing attempt

Early results from a historic gene editing study give encouraging signs that the treatment may be safe and having at least some of its hoped-for effect, but it's too soon to know whether it ultimately will succeed


Sep 4, 2018

Researchers win prize for restoring children's eyesight

Researchers in the United States and Britain are sharing a 1 million-euro ($1.16 million) prize from a Portuguese scientific foundation for developing revolutionary gene therapy that has restored the sight of children


Sep 1, 2018

Cape Cod beaches: Playgrounds for tourists, and young sharks

A prominent shark researcher says smaller, younger great white sharks are being spotted in greater numbers off Cape Cod


Aug 31, 2018

Study tests whether seaweed in cattle feed reduces emissions

California researchers are trying to determine whether adding small amounts of seaweed to cattle feed will reduce the animals' emissions of a potent greenhouse gas.


Aug 30, 2018

Global warming could spur more and hungrier crop-eating bugs

Study finds that as the globe warms, insects that eat crops will be hungrier and there will be more of them


Aug 29, 2018

A controversial comeback for a highly prized tuna

A highly prized species of tuna appears to be slowly recovering in the Atlantic Ocean


Aug 22, 2018

Bat signal: Fireflies' glow tells bats they taste awful

Like a blinking bad Yelp review, fireflies seem to use their lights to tell bats they taste bad


Aug 22, 2018

Mom was Neanderthal: Fossil shows mix of humankind's cousins

Scientists say they've found the remains of a prehistoric female whose mother was a Neanderthal and whose father belonged to another extinct group of human relatives known as Denisovans


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