In a single day, JianJun Jin might switch from writing code on his computer to experimenting at a lab bench or working under ...

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Canada’s biotech sector is no longer relying solely on the romance of discovery. It is investing in plants, process ...

The concept of biological age, distinct from chronological age, is gaining public traction, though often misinterpreted.

Biological evolution is the heritable change in characteristics of biological populations over successive generations, driven by mechanisms such as mutation, recombination, genetic drift, gene flow, ...

Just under 300,000 years from the moment Homo sapiens appeared in Africa, the species had encircled Earth, mastering desolate deserts and frozen wastelands and all the temperate climes in between.

Within-species genetic diversity is crucial for the resilience of populations, and thus their long-term persistence in a rapidly changing world. Genetic diversity underpins the variation in species’ ...

A newly discovered genetic clock acts as the body's developmental timekeeper, coordinating the bursts of gene activity needed ...

It has taken only a few decades: The wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) has expanded its range from the Mediterranean region to northern Europe—even as far as southern Finland. In doing so, it has ...

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Invertebrate evolutionary and ecological research stands at the forefront of efforts to understand biological responses to rapid environmental change. As ...

Adult finches make "heat calls" as the temperature rises. Exposure to the song prepares their unhatched young's brains for the heat.