A new study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, has found that the more sensitive people are to the bitter taste of caffeine, the more coffee...
Hongyacha, a new type of wild tea plant from the mountains of southern China, contains little or no caffeine, according to a study published in the Journal...
A three-species hybrid warbler found in Pennsylvania is the offspring of a hybrid warbler mother and a warbler father from an entirely different genus...
An international team of scientists has found that the upper Amazon region gave birth to the domesticated Theobroma cacao, the plant from which chocolate...
Today, fewer than 4,000 free-ranging tigers survive in the wild, covering only 7% of their historical range. Efforts to protect these animals have been...
An international team of researchers has identified a cryptic new species of slender-snouted crocodile living in Central Africa.
The Central African slender-snouted...
A striking new species of leaf warbler has been discovered in the forests of the Indonesian island of Rote by an international team of researchers. The...
An international team of over 100 scientists from 16 institutions has sequenced the genome of the wild sugarcane (Saccharum spontaneum). The results appear...
A team of scientists from Brock University and the University of British Columbia, Canada, has sequenced the genome of the English lavender (Lavandula...
Neanderthal DNA introgressed in modern humans helped them adapt against RNA viruses, according to new research published in the journal Cell.
Interbreeding...
In a study examining the DNA of over 6,000 dogs, researchers at Embark Veterinary, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, have identified that duplication of a part...
A research team led by Washington University scientists has found that children with severe scoliosis are twice as likely as children without the disease...
Huntington’s disease is a genetic, progressive disorder that causes uncontrolled movements, emotional problems, and loss of thinking ability. The disease...
The groundcherry (Physalis pruinosa), also called ‘husk cherry’ and ‘strawberry tomato,’ is native to Central and South America. This tropical-tasting...
An international team of scientists has sequenced and analyzed the draft genome of the cane toad (Rhinella marina), a poisonous amphibian native to Central...
Losing just one night of sleep can have a tissue-specific impact on the regulation of gene expression and metabolism, according to new study. The findings,...
According to a large new study of twins, genetics explains more than 60% of individual differences in school achievement.
Rimfeld et al use twin analyses...
A team of researchers from Australia, China and the United Kingdom has sequenced and analyzed the genome of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum), a species...
Neanderthals and Denisovans are extinct groups of hominins that separated from each other more than 390,000 years ago. These two groups inhabited Eurasia...
The International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) published this week the first fully annotated reference genome of the bread wheat (Triticum...
