For the first time, scientists have used data from weather radar not to track storms, but to count birds as they travel across Australian skies.

The participation, voice and leadership of women in conserving biodiversity is critical to reversing the biodiversity crisis. But grassroots women are typically excluded from the decision-making, capacity-building, and finance designed to conserve biodiversity. A new policy brief for participants at United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Cali, Colombia outlines the tools nations can use to change the status quo.

A new study from the School of Zoology and Steinhardt Museum of Natural History at Tel Aviv University has revealed that the Oriental hornet is the only known animal in nature capable of consuming alcohol chronically and in high concentrations with almost no negative effects on their health or lifespan. The research team says, “This is a remarkable animal that shows no signs of intoxication or illness even after ingesting huge amounts of alcohol.”

A comprehensive new 10-year study led by researchers at Arizona State University examined more than 16,000 necropsy records from 292 vertebrate species, revealing significant differences in the prevalence of cancer. The findings offer new insights into cancer evolution while challenging Peto’s paradox — a key concept in evolutionary biology.

Researchers from Arizona State University and international collaborators have unveiled a method that significantly increases DNA storage capacity and efficiency using "epi-bits," which function like movable type in a printing press and can be arranged on a universal DNA template.

A new study in the peer-reviewed OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology, suggests that compositional and functional differences in the gut microbiota may be associated with mechanisms that contribute to the determination of longevity or aging. Click here to read the article now.

Drosophila is one of the most thoroughly studied lab animals -- with the exception of the female reproductive tract. Now a team of biologists at UC Davis has taken the first deep look at the Drosophila uterus and found some surprises, which could have implications not just for understanding insect reproduction and potentially, pest control, but also for understanding fertility in humans.