Rat pack: Scientists warming up to African rodent

Biology / Plants & Animals

11 hours ago | 5 / 5 (5) | 0

(AP) -- Naked mole rats don't get cancer. They shrug off brushes with acid and age so well, some are older than the college-aged researchers handling them.

Wide heads give hammerheads exceptional stereo view

Biology / Plants & Animals

Nov 27, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (8) | 4

Hammerhead sharks are some of the Ocean's most distinctive residents. 'Everyone wants to understand why they have this strange head shape,' says Michelle McComb from Florida Atlantic University. One possible ...

S.Leone elephants 'wiped out' by poachers: official

Biology / Ecology

Nov 26, 2009 | 5 / 5 (6) | 6

Poachers "wiped out" the entire elephant herd in Sierra Leone's only wildlife park, wildlife managers said Thursday after police said they had arrested a gang of 10 poachers.

First-ever blueprint of a minimal cell is more complex than expected

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

Nov 26, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (19) | 4

What are the bare essentials of life, the indispensable ingredients required to produce a cell that can survive on its own? Can we describe the molecular anatomy of a cell, and understand how an entire organism ...

Golden Oldie: Key Role for Ancient Protein in Algae Photosynthesis

Biology / Biotechnology

Nov 27, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 2

The discovery that an ancient light harvesting protein plays a pivotal role in the photosynthesis of green algae should help the effort to develop algae as a biofuels feedstock. Researchers with the Lawrence ...