Sabina Chioma Eze is a researcher in zoology, medical and forensic entomology. She is an assistant lecturer at the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo (FUHSO), Benue State, and a graduate ...

Plants can produce hundreds of thousands of structurally diverse special secondary metabolites – also known as "natural products" – that perform important biological functions. Meanwhile, specialized ...

Not revised: This Reviewed Preprint includes the authors’ original preprint (without revision), an eLife assessment, and public reviews. The authors introduce ImPaqT, a modular toolkit for zebrafish ...

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To biologists, a "species" is the fundamental unit of categorization for life on Earth and a key tool for protecting living creatures. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

For years, the iPhone’s two-tiered texting system has been a hot topic. iPhone-to-iPhone texts in the Messages app are blue, and enjoy full encryption and more robust media features, like animations.

What do we mean by success? For each individual, the answer will be slightly different. For some people, success is money; for others, it’s about recognition. When I was sitting on a staircase many ...

Some of the best known species on Earth may not be what they seem. Credit...Steve Holroyd/Alamy Supported by By Carl Zimmer Naturalists have been trying for centuries to catalog all of the species on ...

We all know what "preppy" means — don't we? If you're older than those in Generation Alpha (anyone born after 2012) you might think of a wealthy person with a particular fashion sense (collared shirts ...

In 2011, Mayo Clinic researchers genetically modified cats as part of a study involving feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV, the cat version of HIV). Those cats were also injected with a jellyfish gene ...

Sustainable development is how we must live today if we want a better tomorrow, by meeting present needs without compromising the chances of future generations to meet their needs. The survival of our ...