Biologists

Science & Nature Hemifusomes constitute up to 10% of vesicular organelles at the cell periphery but do not engage in canonical endocytic pathways, according...

Science & Nature Biologists have discovered a widespread and relatively abundant bacterial phylum, named CSP1-3, in deep soils and evaluated its phylogeny, ecology, metabolism,...

Science & Nature Scientists from Karolinska Institute and elsewhere have produced a chromosome-scale genomic sequence for the Iberian ribbed newt (Pleurodeles waltl). The post Biologists...

Science & Nature Scientists at the University of Bergen have uncovered a remarkable diversity of behaviors within the rosette-shaped colonies of Salpingoeca rosetta, a...

Flowers emit scent chemicals called volatile organic compounds, or VOCs. Now, a Purdue University team has published a paper in Nature Communications identifying for the first time a protein that plays a key role in helping petunias emit floral volatiles. Natalia Dudareva, who led the study, and collaborator John Morgan had suggested that molecular processes

Science & Nature In spring, female thick-shelled river mussels (Unio crassus) were seen moving to the water’s edge and anchoring into the riverbed, with...

The three new species of nautiluses belong to the genus Nautilus and represent populations on the easternmost edge of the overall habitat range of...

Scientists from Tel Aviv University and elsewhere have detected 111,000 new RNA virus genomes in global environmental data from diverse habitats and hosts. The post...