Biology

A germinating bean seedling growing lateral roots. A new study identifies the compounds behind the phenomenon. Credit: Mindaugas Kriksciukas/GPhase

August 25, 2021

Growth-Promoting, Anti-Aging Retinal at the Root of Plant Growth Too

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A toothed whale clears its blowhole. Photo by Friedrich Frühling

August 17, 2021

How Whale Noses Moved to the Top of Their Head

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August 2, 2021

Working in a New Normal: A Balance of Science and Self-Care

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July 26, 2021

BioGist: Learning from Baboons

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Biologist Lucia Strader

July 13, 2021

Biologist Lucia Strader on Helping Plants Prepare for Environmental Challenges

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By teasing trace amounts of DNA from this partially fossilized jawbone, nearly 1,500 years after the creature’s death, scientists have managed to reconstruct the first giant lemur genome. Credit: University of Antananarivo and George Perry, Penn State

July 8, 2021

In Drawers of Old Bones, New Clues to the Genomes of Lost Giants

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Julie Reynolds' dog, Darwin, is always nearby when she works from home. Photo courtesy of Julie Reynolds.

July 6, 2021

Working in a New Normal: Ecology and Science Writing from a Distance

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June 29, 2021

Tour the Duke Research Greenhouse

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A practice park observation at Durham Central Park with Amelia (left) and Narissa (right)

June 17, 2021

Is Health in Durham Connected to Access to Local Parks?

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Left to right: Tsitsi Ella Jaji, Mark Borsuk and Sherry Harrell read their summer books.

June 16, 2021

Books That Will Take You Away This Summer

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May 12, 2021

Building Life Protein by Protein

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May 12, 2021

Genomes as Nature's Data Loggers

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May 12, 2021

Ecology: The Study of Our Home

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The Aedes aegypti mosquito, which can spread dengue fever, Zika virus and yellow fever. New research shows mosquitoes are able to “sniff out” trace amounts of insecticides using specialized receptors on their antennae. Photo by James Gathany, CDC

May 11, 2021

How One of the Oldest Natural Insecticides Keeps Mosquitoes Away

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Tiny and transparent mantis shrimp larvae provide insights into the mechanisms behind ultra-fast movements. Researchers can see muscles contract to slightly deform the exoskeleton and lock the arm in striking position. (Jacob Harrison)

April 29, 2021

Baby Mantis Shrimp Don’t Pull Their Punches

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A grazing Coquerel's Sifaka contemplates the next tasty leaf in the Duke Lemur Center's natural habitat enclosure. (Lydia Greene)

April 23, 2021

Flexible Diet May Help Leaf-Eating Lemurs Resist Deforestation

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