Biology

Pandas should be happy enough to thrive, but not so content they don’t want to move around and find new mates

A ROM study found that flight efficiency estimated from museum specimens can predict bird dispersal distances

Study identifies the inconsistent response of wildlife to harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes region

Early chemistry of conception has evolutionary roots going back at least 300 million years

Data on vegetation from 114 countries and from all climate zones on Earth is now freely accessible

Mammalian cells can convert RNA sequences back into DNA, a feat more common in viruses than eukaryotic cells

Researchers identify molecular factors that enable birds to fly, but keep the rest of us on terra firma

Scientists have avoided publication bias within genetic research by performing a meta-analysis of available databases

New research measures CO₂ release from soil bacteria more accurately than studies that focus on bacterial abundance alone

The study advances the debate in ecology over the relationship between species diversity and ecosystem stability