For decades, fisheries managers have struggled to restore wild populations of lake trout recruitment across the Great Lakes region, with limited success. Returning this species to its former abundance is hampered by overfishing, sea lamprey predati...

A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology discovered a previously unknown strategy by which certain fungi neutralize spruce defense compounds. These fungi are introduced into trees by bark beetles, and their success makes it easie...

Popular culture often depicts people with psychopathy as cold, emotionless and hollow, but a recent University of Mississippi study found that the language associated with psychopathic traits is more ...

Insect ‘detectives’ have discovered two new types of large stick insects, showing scientists are still uncovering new species in some of Australia’s most well-studied landscapes.

International MEGATRON project links space telescope observations of the infant Universe with the chemical fossil record of the Milky Way.

A team of African researchers have published, for the first time, a comprehensive review of seagrass restoration activities across the entire coastline of Africa. Seagrass meadows are among the m...

A study conducted between the University of Liège and Rockefeller University reveals, with near-atomic precision, the three-dimensional structure and function of a gigantic molecular machine essential to the survival of trypanosomatid parasites, ...

The current outbreak of Bundibugyo virus (BDBV) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo highlights the challenges of responding to rare but potentially devastating infectious diseases. Two studies led...

A new University of Utah-led survey with the Hubble Space Telescope is shedding light on the stellar astrophysics operating in early galaxies. The Treasury of Extremely Metal-Poor O Stars survey uses&...

To better assess the spatial extent of mining facilities and their environmental impact, a research team at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) has developed a satellite-based remote sensi...

Mysterious trenches stretching for kilometres across southern Australia’s Nullarbor Plain have been revealed as the surface footprints of deep, hidden ancient cave systems.

When we treat animals better, we feel better, indicates a new study from the UC Davis Green Care Lab with mini horses, donkeys and teens.  

Scientists have identified the mechanisms that allow plants to change their root anatomy to maximise survival when nutrients are scarce. The findings could pave the way for developing new ways to&nbsp...

Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan in collaboration with FUJIFILM have developed a novel way of delivering circular RNA (cirRNA) into cells, paving way for longer-lasting mRNA-based therapeutic...

Liver cancer is difficult to treat because tumors vary greatly from patient to patient. Researchers at the University of Basel have captured this diversity by creating a collection of mini-tumors, which they use to systematically search for new treatmen...

A research team from INRAE and the University Clermont Auvergne has shown that trees are capable of correcting a curvature they detect in their stems through a specific biological process. In the stud...

Plastic is accidentally on the menu for southern giant petrel chicks. Even small nibbles of it may affect these seabirds' growth, according to a study from the UC Davis and Argentina's CONICET.

Launched twenty years ago this week, EurekAlert has tracked, and in some ways shaped, the way science is covered in the digital era.

Researchers at Columbia University have discovered a new type of cell that protects lung cancers from attacks by the immune system.

For the first time, researchers have used data from narwhals to document how Atlantic water reaches deep into fjords along Greenland’s east coast. A new study from the University of Copenhagen s...

When a star reaches its final stages of life, it ends in a bright and powerful explosion called a supernova and scatters material across the universe. A new study led by a University of Hawai‘i ...

Vaccines protect most people from serious illness, but the strength of that protection can vary considerably from one person to another. Some people produce a robust immune response, while others respond only weakly. A new study led by Arizona State Un...

Some stars that survive repeated close encounters with supermassive black holes produce flares that mysteriously grow dimmer each time — and Syracuse University astrophysicists have now traced the reason to the star's own spin.

Rat poisons were detected in 78% of 102 Cape Town caracals, revealing widespread contamination of the urban food web. Researchers call for tighter South African controls on anticoagulant rodenticides,...

A video game Dartmouth researchers designed where teenagers learn to healthily deal with depression reduced depressive symptoms to a level that matched or doubled the effects of general school-based programs, according to a new study. The clinical trial...

A new study by Bournemouth University (BU) has discovered that faster recovery of osprey populations relies on a small number of ospreys who, unlike most, prefer to nest away from others of the same species. These birds have been referred to as &ls...

Astronomers have discovered a “black hole star,” an extremely bright red spot in the early universe that appears to be a new type of astrophysical object. It resembles an enormous star, bu...

Study debunks the "mosquito magnet" myth — and lays groundwork for next generation of repellents to fight dengue, Zika and West Nile 

A shift toward more precise, measurable conservation goals could hold the key to protecting vulnerable species, according to the findings of a new study looking at African elephants.

Meat is a rare and highly prized resource for wild Guinea baboons (Papio papio). Yet, contrary to long-standing assumptions based on human hunter-gatherer societies, a new study by the German Primate Center – Leibniz-Institute for Primate Research...