Life Sciences and Biomedicine Archives

Citizen Scientists Invited to Identify Plants

By Kate Stone @GotScienceOrg Pl@ntNet is a citizen science project and an app that helps you identify plants, thanks to…

Biology Health

A research team at Columbia University has conducted a large-scale study of ongoing human evolution. Genetic data reveals how humans…

Biology Zoology

What happens inside a Salamander egg? How does the embryo interact with its environment? Find out in this video.

Dinosaurs’ fossils have attracted paleontologists to the Badlands of Ghost Ranch, NM, since 1881. Here, they have found the best…

Rescue a Reef is a coral restoration project by UM Rosenstiel School scientists. Rescuing coral reefs restores underwater habitats.

The shortfin mako shark is disappearing 10 times faster than previously thought. How are researchers trying to change this process?

Since the 1980s, Staghorn corals have suffered massive declines (up to 98 percent). How can we restore them? With coral restoration programs.

Biology Zoology

Researchers have found a new and unexpected way that humans are killing off bumblebees. By Emily Rhode Given the continued…

While the demand for almonds is growing worldwide, honeybee populations have been steadily declining. Are almond-growing fungicides to blame?

Are cities the ideal home for bees? European scientists found that urban bees can have surprisingly good pollination rates. By…