September 2026 has been a pretty dispiriting month for American paleontologists. In early September, Drexel University gave a surprise annou...

The Division of Vertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) seeks an outstanding tenure-track Assistant Curator/Assistant Professor in either the Department of Ichthyology or M...

A proposed clawback of already distributed research funds comes as the US agency’s budget is already squeezed and it struggling to clear a backlog of grant applications.

For years, insiders sounded the alarm about mismanagement. Now, after mass layoffs, a ballooning deficit, and a director’s resignation, one of San Francisco’s crown jewels is fighting for its life.

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People often optimize for long-term goals in collaboration: A mentor or companion doesn't just answer questions, but also scaffolds learning, tracks progress, and prioritizes the other person's growth...

Combining a computational framework and optogenetic and chemogenetic manipulations within and downstream of the cortico-basal ganglia circuit identifies the specific cortico-basal ganglia synapse...

Nature Reviews Biodiversity - The urban mosaic is a complex assimilation of habitats, biotic and abiotic factors with eco-evolutionary influence on local and regional biodiversity. In this Review,...

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Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis and the Georgia Institute of Technology study lizards who have lost limbs to understand how omnipresent the forces of natural selection can be, and ...

An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Abstract: . The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is implicated in global declines and extinctions of amphibian species. Although Bd is found on all continents where amphibians persis...

Philadelphia biologist Sarah McAnulty brings science to the masses in classrooms, through burlesque, at meet-ups and on telephone poles

Species interactions are frequently context-specific. Climate fluctuations can inflict stress on individuals, inducing plasticity in their behavior or changes in resource allocation. Obligate mutualis...

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US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.