Stay up to date on the latest science with Brush Up Summaries. Article reviewed by Ninning Liu, PhD from the Wyss Institute at Harvard University. Similar to retail stores that use standardized ...

Shark populations have already dropped by more than 70 percent since the 1970s due to bycatch, climate change, habitat ...

The plant barcoding group meeting here at the end of the 2nd International Barcode of Life Conference in Taipei was as addled with confusion and obfuscation as I had heard it might be. In supreme ...

DNA barcoding can help identify the plant species that New Caledonian crows use as tools, according to a study. Although the raw materials selected by animals for tool manufacture affect tool ...

The Earth is an almost unimaginably diverse planet in terms of species. Researchers have identified between two and three ...

"We found critically endangered sharks, including great hammerhead and scalloped hammerhead, being sold in grocery stores, ...

The Boston startup was spun out of George Church’s lab at Harvard Medical School with a more efficient way to test cancer drugs in animals Manifold Bio, a new startup founded by one of Boston’s most ...

Some animals fashion tools or constructions out of plant materials to aid foraging, reproduction, self-maintenance, or protection. Their choice of raw materials can affect the structure and properties ...