A sweeping genomic survey reveals that insects repeatedly expanded and diversified their trehalase genes while vertebrates kept just one copy.

The first complete mitochondrial genome of the medicinal mushroom Phellinus tuberculosus reveals a conserved core of respiratory genes alongside repeats...

A sampling-standardized analysis of fossil spore-pollen records shows that the two great pulses of land plant turnover in the past...

A Malaysian experiment shows the invasive redclaw crayfish's temnocephalid flatworm readily reproduces on its crayfish host but fails entirely to...

New research on bull ants shows that visual route memories fade gradually during navigation and can be partially revived by...

A remote sensing and machine learning study of Poyang Lake reveals that extreme precipitation drives wetland plant diversity through scale-dependent...

A new PLOS Biology study unifies energy and proteome allocation models into a single framework that predicts how the resource...

A four-year study of nine South Texas rivers shows that reduced rainfall doubles secondary production and reorganizes stream food webs...

A Greenland mesocosm experiment using nitrogen-15 tracers shows that tundra microbes capture most winter-released nitrogen while plants from milder climates,...

A new phylogenomic and fossil-calibrated study confirms that mayflies and dragonflies form the ancient group Palaeoptera and that foldable wings...