Contagious cancers are spreading among several species of shellfish
Left to right: 1. Mussels (Mytilus trossulus) at Copper Beach in West Vancouver, Canada 2. Cockles (Cerastoderma edule) collected in the ria of Arousa...
Hubble confirms new dark spot on Neptune
This new Hubble Space Telescope image confirms the presence of a dark vortex in the atmosphere of Neptune. The full visible-light image at left...
Volcanoes get quiet before they erupt!
The Tilca volcano in Nicaragua is erupting. Credit: Diana Roman
When dormant volcanoes are about to erupt, they show some predictive characteristics--seismic activity beneath the...
Neutralizing acidic forest soils boosts tree growth, causes spike in nitrogen export
This is a stream draining a forested watershed at Hubbard Brook.Credit: Claire Nemes
A legacy of acid rain has acidified forest soils throughout the northeastern...
Running releases protein associated with improved memory in mice
One month old newly born neurons in the dentate gyrus of the adult mouse hippocampus were labeled by injection of retrovirus expressing green-fluorescent-protein (GFP)....
Evolutionary biologists show that sexual selection increases the number of species and impacts global...
An ostracod displaying bioluminescent courtship.Credit: Image created in Photoshop by Todd Oakley
When you're a firefly, finding "the one" can change the world. Literally.
A new...
Dose of nature is just what the doctor ordered
Enjoying nature. Credit: The University of Queensland
People who visit parks for 30 minutes or more each week are much less likely to have high...
New technique settles old debate on highest peaks in US Arctic
Mt Isto, the tallest peak in the US Arctic, shown as a 3-D visualization of fodar data. Yellow dots indicate position of some of...
Monkeys get more selective with age
A very old female Barbary macaque at "La Forêt des Singes" in Rocamadour, France. Credit: Julia Mörchen/German Primate Center
As people get older, they...
Successful first observations of galactic center with GRAVITY
This artist's impression shows stars orbiting the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. In 2018 one of these stars, S2,...
Broccoli sprout extract may protect against oral cancer recurrence
Potent doses of broccoli sprout extract activate a "detoxification" gene and may help prevent cancer recurrence in survivors of head and neck cancer, according...
