Asteraceae, a family of flowering plants, are the most diverse group of flowering plants in the world. This plant family ...

Where do new genes come from? That's the question a team of biological sciences researchers from the U of A set out to answer ...

A new book of natural history essays co-written by a University of Kansas paleontologist has been published by Columbia ...

A study has shown that a type of non-coding RNA molecule could play a role in the development of skin diseases—like eczema or ...

a paleoanthropologist from Harvard University's Department of Human Evolutionary Biology. (Alex is also a regular Discover contributor.) Most fossil remains from the period are fragmentary, with parts ...

New research suggests psilocybin mushrooms may have shaped human consciousness, supporting the Stoned Ape Hypothesis and ...

Researchers reveal how past climate shifts and vegetation changes drove the evolution and migration of early human species ...

A rare, nearly complete fossil of an extinct North American porcupine helped me and my colleagues solve a decades-long debate ...

Small World in Motion invites entries captured through a microscope, revealing mind-boggling processes invisible to the naked ...

The superior colliculus is a midbrain region that is traditionally thought to help animals orient themselves toward important locations in space, like directing their eyes and head toward a bright ...

Report with the AI impact on market trends- The global synthetic biology market size is estimated to grow by USD 55.60 ...