Biology

Not so sweet: 75 percent of honey samples had key pesticide
Oct 5, 2017

Not so sweet: 75 percent of honey samples had key pesticide

Researchers test honey samples from around globe; three-quarters had common pesticide suspected of harming bees...

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Federal government: No threatened species listing for walrus
Oct 4, 2017

Federal government: No threatened species listing for walrus

The Trump administration will not add the Pacific walrus to a list of threatened species...

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The Latest: Walrus advocates slam endangered species denial
Oct 4, 2017

The Latest: Walrus advocates slam endangered species denial

The author of a petition to list the Pacific walrus as a threatened or endangered species says the federal government has made a disgraceful decision in rejecting the listing...

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Biological clock discoveries by 3 Americans earn Nobel prize
Oct 2, 2017

Biological clock discoveries by 3 Americans earn Nobel prize

Three Americans win a Nobel Prize for their discoveries about the body's biological clock...

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9/11 tribute lights could be dangerous for birds, study says
Oct 2, 2017

9/11 tribute lights could be dangerous for birds, study says

Study finds annual Sept. 11 tribute lights in lower Manhattan are a potentially fatal attraction to birds...

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Warm weather keeping Lake Champlain from spawning runs
Sep 30, 2017

Warm weather keeping Lake Champlain from spawning runs

Biologists say the summer-like weather at the end of September is keeping some of the land-locked Atlantic salmon in Lake Champlain from making the runs up the Winooski River to their traditional spaw...

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Feds charge college professor with running fake trade school
Sep 30, 2017

Feds charge college professor with running fake trade school

Federal prosecutors have charged a college professor with creating a fake trade school on the New York campus of his employer by teaching unauthorized courses and issuing phony certificates...

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Sea critters hitchhiked across the Pacific on tsunami debris
Sep 29, 2017

Sea critters hitchhiked across the Pacific on tsunami debris

Nearly 300 species of sea creatures, including mussels, fish and crabs, hitchhiked on debris from the 2011 tsunami that hit Japan to reach US shores...

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Feeling old? DNA supports an early evolution of our species
Sep 28, 2017

Feeling old? DNA supports an early evolution of our species

A study of DNA from African fossils is providing new evidence that our species is a lot older than scientists had shown...

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Mosquito gut bacteria may offer clues to malaria control
Sep 28, 2017

Mosquito gut bacteria may offer clues to malaria control

Mosquitoes harbor gut bacteria just like people do _ and the bugs inside the bugs may hold a key to fighting malaria...

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