Biology

Alligator gar in an aquarium

Caught on video: Watch the ‘trash fish’ of the South vacuum up its prey

Person with VR headset

How to make electrical muscle stimulation feel natural to virtual reality users

Monarch butterfly

Monarch butterflies bred in captivity may lose ability to migrate

RNA editing

Using human genome, scientists build CRISPR for RNA to open pathways for medicine

Siberian hamsters

Siberian hamsters lose half their weight each winter. Scientists sequenced their DNA to find out how.

Hydra

For first time, scientists watch entire animal’s muscle system as it moves

Heart muscle cell

For the first time, scientists recreate cell division—outside a cell

Alzheimer's disease

Antibiotic treatment slows Alzheimer’s symptoms in male mice

Lab on a chip

New ‘lab-on-a-chip’ can test thousands of stem cells simultaneously

Tiny Creatures, Big Discoveries With Nipam Patel