For more than 50 years, scientists have been freezing living cells from endangered species. Here’s how the Frozen Zoo® is meaningfully reshaping conservation.

Human newborns arrive remarkably underdeveloped. The reason lies in a deep evolutionary trade-off between big brains, bipedalism and the limits of motherhood.

Wildlife biologists get paid to work in close quarters with the animals they study, but sometimes those critters get a little too close for comfort. Such was the case in January, when a biologist with ...

Bill Streever, author of “Cold,” “Heat” and other science-related books, is a biologist who splits his time between Alaska and sailboat cruising in warmer waters. When the coronavirus pandemic hit in ...

Although machine learning (ML) and other artificial intelligence tools are useful to analyze the massive amounts of data being generated by sequencing technologies, most ML tools are difficult for non ...

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Women’s History Month, WCS and Nature are bringing you stories of women in the fields of nature and conservation. When I ...

The path to becoming a scientist is not unlike the scientific process itself: Filled with dead ends, detours, and bumps along the way. Danielle Lee started asking questions about animal behavior when ...

Biology, the study of life, offers a degree that’s as versatile as it is impactful. From understanding the complexities of human health to exploring ecosystems and advancing biotechnology, biology ...