A record 90 chicks have been added to the population count of the kakapo parrot in New Zealand, delighting conservationists.

The story of a legend at the crossroads of America’s culture wars.

Author summary Climate change is expected to cause drastic changes in the spread of mosquito-borne disease outbreaks, both in where they occur and in their size. A key aspect of climate change is an i...

Stillingstittel: Ph.d.-stipendiat i marin livshistoriemodellering (298243), Arbeidsgivar: Universitetet i Bergen, Søknadsfrist: søndag 12. april 2026

“Groundbreaking” study uncovers why adenovirus-based shots caused life-threatening blood clots and bleeding in some people

She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

An ecologist friend* noticed that the annual number of times he’s been cited grew throughout his career up until 2021, when it peaked. It then declined for a couple of years straight. Then it…

Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Soil Invertebrate Ecotoxicology (292636), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, February 8, 2026

President Donald Trump is expected to sign a defense bill this week that orders an investigation into whether the U.S. military bioengineered Lyme disease

"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."

Hvem blir lurt i vår tids største svindel?

An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

Ant queens of one species clone ants of another to create hybrid workers that do their bidding.

Industrialisation, urbanisation, and globalisation have substantially improved human life expectancy over the past century. In tandem, an expanding array of interlinked threats to humans, other animal...

Study finds the chatbot doesn’t acknowledge concerns with problematic studies

Job title: Associate Professor in molecular/cellular animal physiology (281754), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Monday, September 1, 2025

The projects — 22 of them — are being led by some of the nation’s leading pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Moderna to prevent flu, COVID-19 and H5N1 infections.

The current climate warming has raised concerns that increased rates of ageing will lead to reduced fitness and population viability in ectotherms. However, it is currently not known whether temperatu...

Would you pay $169 for an introductory ebook on machine learning with citations that appear to be made up? If not, you might want to pass on purchasing Mastering Machine Learning: From Basics to Ad…

A demography myth that won't die

In an open letter, the board said that the administration denied awards to a "substantial" number of selected individuals.

Science is under siege. Trump’s latest Executive Order calls for politically appointed science commissars to evaluate research. Join us in adding your name to our open letter condemning Trump’s escala...

Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress

How to crush a generation and tell them they're winning

What scientists know as "mites" is almost certainly an artificial taxonomic group, according to recent phylogenetic analyses and studies using advanced microscopic techniques.

Job title: Associate Professor in evolutionary genomics of vertebrates (279638), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Sunday, May 25, 2025