Life Sciences and Biomedicine Archives

Friends at First Sight? Genetics May Decide

Is there a genetic component to friendship? Mice prefer friends who are genetically similar to them, regardless of other factors.

Brain cholesterol levels may be the key to understanding and treating Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study.

Biology Zoology

The webs of spiders come in many shapes and serve many functions, like helping them hunt prey and hide from predators.

Researchers at the University of Alberta have discovered the evolutionary path that snapping shrimp took to evolve their trademark snap.

Every night, tiny animals called zooplankton migrate from the deep sea to the surface. Just before sunrise, they return to the ocean depths. Why?

Check out these citizen science projects designed for people living in the north and enjoy a Canadian citizen science summer!

Genes can be expressed in different ways, and new research suggests that exercise has a positive impact on gene expression and your health.

Biology Health

The body’s community of gut fungi, called the mycobiome, has a big influence on metabolic health, and changes in diet can throw it out of whack.

Bees and other pollinators are part of our agricultural processes and, indeed, life on earth. Find out how and why Andy became a beekeeper.

Steven Spence visits the wolves at Wildpark Bad Mergentheim in Germany and photographs a contest for food between the wolves and crows.