Antarctic blue whales appear to be creeping back from the brink of extinction after 50 years of protection. A new study estimates the total population at 4,018, up from 418 after the last reported ...

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An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus that nearly wiped out an Illinois farmer's backyard flock also spread ...

A newly published study is changing our understanding of how the protein talin functions at sites where cells attach to their ...

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How do cells respond to drugs? A new microscopy technique could provide more precise answers to this question in the future.

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image provides a lesson in galactic history. The sparkling collection of stars is named ...

Research published in the journal Ecology analyzed 12 years of records from a population of degus in central Chile, revealing ...

There is magic in the traditional songs of the Awajún, an Indigenous people of northern Peruvian Amazonia. Otago linguist Dr.

Ancient Maya communities made extensive use of liquid mercury and a red, mercury-containing pigment called cinnabar to ...

A research team led by Professor Yang Dong from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of ...