Although fungi of the genus Piloderma are common, scientists have now discovered five previously unknown species. One of ...

In biology and life, organisms have a basic drive to reproduce and every living thing needs energy. This is the topic for today's River Life column.

Researchers at Yale have achieved a major breakthrough in synthetic biology. They have rewritten the genetic code of an organism, opening up unprecedented possibilities for medicine and industry. This ...

Human biology is the study of all aspects of the human organism including evolution, genetics, ecology, anatomy and physiology, development, anthropology, and nutrition, among others. A deep ...

The tour of Stanford’s Laboratory of Organismal Biology, also known as the O’Connell Lab, included the fly curing room, ...

The study of the processes by which marine organisms grow and how factors such as temperature, nutrition, microbes, predators, and hormones influence development. (Green fluorescent amphioxus photo by ...

With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology ...

Deanna earned their PhD in cellular biology from McGill University in 2020 and has a professional background in medical writing. They are an associate science editor at The Scientist. View Full ...

Sexual reproduction allows for a recombination of genetic material that can lead to variations among organisms. And while having separate male and female components is typical, in biology there ...