Flowers weren’t the only things blossoming during a recent workshop. People were reminded of the simple joy of talking.

Researchers say study helps understand how genomes evolved, and could have implications for medical research into diseases involving faulty gene regulation.

Eugene F. "Gene" Rinehart passed away from this life on Sunday, July 26, 2026 at the age of 93. He was born on April 18, 1933, in Frederick to Russell and Florence (Boyer) Rinehart.

While visitors strolled through the Papilion, artist Giana Catlett found inspiration from its myriad flowers, Thursday, July ...

In a new study published in Nature, Dr. Toni Gabaldón and his team used the MareNostrum supercomputer to reconstruct the genetic origin of the last common ancestor of all eukaryotes - the cellular ...

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In biology you must have come across the two types of cells, the prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. These two are the most fundamental forms of life on earth. Everything living from the bacteria on ...

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones. By Carl Zimmer See more of our coverage ...

Aurora Ruiz-Herrera (upper row, second from the right) with members of the research team led by the IBB-UAB. The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) forms part of an international consortium that ...

Sexual reproduction may have emerged as a "supercharged repair mechanism" to protect cells from DNA damage caused by another eukaryotic novelty—the mitochondrion, Haag explained, but there are other ...

All modern multicellular life — all life that any of us regularly see — is made of cells with a knack for compartmentalization. Recent discoveries are revealing how the first eukaryote got its start.

Malaria is caused by a eukaryotic microbe of the Plasmodium genus, and is responsible for more deaths than all other parasitic diseases combined. In order to transmit from the human host to the ...