Scientists thought guppies in Northern Trinidad could be a rare example of adaptation to crude oil pollution. But they found something else.

“The most longstanding hypothesis for zebra striping is crypsis, or camouflaging, but until now the question has always been framed through human eyes,” says lead author.

Research examines how two coupled processes change in the cell responding to an outside stimulus

Team  has developed "gene signatures" to indicate whether someone is fighting infection from a virus or bacteria

Concordia research findings can be used to show the impact of human activity on local climate

Finding opens the door for much broader participation in citizen science

Scientists apply new method to determine whether specific climate impacts can be traced to human-caused emissions

Scientists exploit organisms' needs in order to track 'vitamin mimics' in bacteria

Funding will allow university to complete a makeover of its Biological Sciences Complex

Failure to find active microbes in coldest Antarctic soils has implications for search for life on Mars

The research also means that the growing of whole organs from human cells in the lab may well be fast tracked

The age-old adage that ‘practice makes perfect’ has been found to illustrate how the humble grey squirrel solves problems in the search for food