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Abstract. The extent to which we can predict evolution is crucial in our era of rapid anthropogenic change. Alewives (Alosa pseudoharengus) in the Atlantic

Abstract. Understanding organismal responses to dynamic environments is becoming increasingly important in our rapidly changing world. Beyond genetic adapt

Abstract. Novel environments can induce fitness-reducing responses (i.e., maladaptive plasticity) that should be eliminated by selection via genetic compen

Synopsis. Historically, organismal biologists have studied the organism’s response to environmental variation from two complementary perspectives: one has

Many in higher education worry Trump’s efforts to bend academia to his will could end American leadership in research and science. Universities are not finding many allies to defend them.

National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.

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Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.

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Recent Executive Orders and directives have created widespread confusion and uncertainties for the U.S. scientific community . The abrupt freeze in spending, planned mass layoffs at the National Scien...

Evolution 2025 - the joint conference of the SSE, ASN, and SSB