An artificial-intelligence network trained on a vast trove of sequence data is a step towards designing completely new ...

Purnima Devi Barman, a tireless conservationist from Assam, saved an endangered species of stork, which put her on the map.

Marine biologists at the University of California Santa Cruz have tagged thousands of northern elephant seals with smart ...

One might assume that marine fossils are exclusively unearthed in sedimentary coastal or underwater deposits. This is far ...

An Indian biologist and wildlife conservationist has been named by Time Magazine among this year’s ‘Women of the Year’ in a list that honours “extraordinary leaders” working toward a better, more ...

I write about the world of biology. At the turn of the year ... adapt and even flourish in the face of nature’s harshest trials. Oymyakon’s story shows us how nature allows us to find a ...

Purnima Devi Barman, a wildlife conservationist, is involved in the protection of the Hargila stork, also known as the ...

Fern Duvall II, a beloved Maui wildlife biologist, died on Feb. 23 at the age of 68. He spent nearly 40 years working with the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, helping to protect ...

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