Life Sciences and Biomedicine Archives

How Do Big Sharks Beat Cancer?

Large sharks are known to heal rapidly and resist cancer. Could humans possibly learn how sharks do it and copy them?

Health

By Cathy Seiler January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. What do you know about cervical cancer? Probably the only time you…

Environment

By Neha Jain @lifesciexplore If you live in California, you might recall the powerful winter rainstorm of 2014, dubbed the…

Zoology

Strong demand for ivory has decimated both forest and savannah elephant populations across Africa by about two-thirds over the past years.

Biology Botany

By Marie Davey @biophilesblog Pollination. The word brings to mind the droning buzz of fat yellow and black bumblebees bouncing…

Biology Zoology

Much like in Fight Club, “Where Is My Mind?” is a fitting theme song for zebrafish: after 24 hours they…

Physics Zoology

Sometimes nature uses physics instead of pigment to create the color blue. Radwanul Hasan Siddique explains how this is accomplished.

Paleontology

By Kate Stone Oviraptorosaurs are an odd-looking group of feathered, bird-like theropod dinosaurs. They tend to have short skulls and…

Zoology

By Maarten Rikken A study released in Current Biology has found that bonobos’ eyesight becomes significantly reduced when they reach around…

Biology Zoology

Amazonian frogs prevent ant attacks by releasing chemicals mimicking those of leaf-cutter ants.