Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one ...

The King Cobra, famous for its imposing size and expanding hood, contrasts sharply with the lesser-known Boomslang, notable ...

A new study has revealed the existence of bifunctional diterpene cyclases/synthases (DCSs) in bacteria, offering compelling evidence that the plant terpene synthase gene family, termed TPS, originated ...

A simple model projected which strains were likely to be highly transmissible, with implications for public health.

David Ussery and Brian Delavan discuss bioinformatics into TB surveillance, presenting a new approach to tackling this ...

This study is led by Dr. Zhu L. Yang (Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Natural Medicines, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of ...

The researchers used several methods to explore the position of Baminornis zhenghensis in the evolutionary tree of birds. The ...

Thaxterogaster is the second largest genus within the family Cortinariaceae, comprising nearly 200 species worldwide. However, the diversity of the genus in China remains largely unknown. Based on ...

In a nutshell A newly discovered 69-million-year-old bird skull from Antarctica proves that modern birds were already diverse ...

We learned at school that there are five different classes of animals. These are mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. However, this knowledge, long enshrined in textbooks, does not seem to ...

Earth systems models are an important tool for studying complex processes occurring around the planet, such as those in and between the atmosphere and biosphere, and they help researchers and ...

A new and nearly complete skull of Vegavis iaai discovered in Antarctica suggests that modern birds originated before the end ...