International team assesses widespread effects of polar warming

Loss of ice opens pathways for disease transmission among sea lions, ice seals, sea otters, and others

How disease, warming waters, and ravenous sea urchins combined to kill the kelp and close the red abalone fishery

Proteomics technology could be used where samples are old or degraded, and to back up results from DNA analysis

Researchers will seek to better understand the science of cannabis

Study of nonhuman primates lays groundwork for new strategies in treating anxiety disorders

If researchers can distinguish chromosomes from each other by their centromeres, they can start to carry out functional tests to see if these differences have an impact on which piece of DNA is inherited

Forest patches are opportunities to conserve wildlife

Rocky Mountain spotted fever is spread by the brown dog tick, which feeds on dogs and people, and thrives in hot, arid climates

When thunderstorms brew over the tropics, a California heat wave is soon to follow

Stripes reduce controlled landing by biting flies, supporting the leading hypothesis of their utility

Model identifies most likely wildlife hosts for emerging flaviviruses

The results could help identify new causes of hereditary blindness in patients

Spring-run Chinook's decline and loss connected to specific gene variation

Jellyfish undergo an amazing metamorphosis, from tiny polyps growing on the seafloor to swimming medusae with stinging tentacles