Biology

A new statistical approach could give camel breeders a clearer way to measure an animal’s overall body size, replacing a...

A large international genomic study has mapped the hidden population structure of one of the world’s most concerning drug-resistant bacteria,...

Frogs, toads and their close relatives may be heading toward a future in which populations are not merely smaller in...

Untargeted metabolomics can detect thousands of chemical signals in blood, urine or tissue, yet a large fraction cannot be assigned...

In the shallow pools, puddles and water-filled depressions where malaria mosquitoes begin life, the most important clue may be invisible....

Norovirus diagnostics are undergoing a technological transformation, driven by a combination of biological complexity, rising outbreak pressure and the urgent...

A molecule released by gut bacteria could help determine whether cancer patients respond to one of modern oncology’s most powerful...

A new review is challenging a widely used way of thinking about occult hepatitis B infection, a form of infection...

A microscopic green alga has demonstrated a powerful strategy for turning uneven light into remarkably consistent growth, a finding that...

A mutation in mitochondrial DNA can disrupt the intestine’s frontline defenses long before the effects of aging become visible, according...