A long noncoding RNA regulates the expression of inflammatory genes and has a surprising effect on vulnerability to septic shock in mice
Some flowers use a clever strategy to ensure effective pollination by bees, doling out pollen gradually from two different sets of anthers
A global assessment of the impact of groundwater on ocean chemistry is important for understanding the weathering of rocks and its effects on climate
Unlike other marine mammals, male California sea lions have gotten bigger over the past 50 years as their population has grown
Still a good boy nearly 100 years after historic sled run, Balto has now helped scientists explore the genetics of working dogs and demonstrate the power of comparative genomics
Brainwave patterns show elephant seals take short naps while holding their breath on deep dives, averaging just 2 hours of sleep per day while at sea
New understanding of how the transporter protein cystinosin functions may lead to better treatments for a devastating genetic disease
The effects of global climate cycles on Southern Ocean temperatures drove cycles of melting and freezing in the East Antarctic Ice Sheet every few thousand years, according to a new study
Changing the epigenetic marks on chromosomes leads to altered gene expression in offspring and in grandoffspring, demonstrating ‘transgenerational epigenetic inheritance’
UCSC scientists reported three crystal structures of periodic rippled beta sheets, a novel protein structure with potential applications in biomedicine and materials science
The James Webb Space Telescope is helping astronomers characterize the atmospheres of planets very different from those in our solar system
Instruments carried by migrating elephant seals measured deep warm-water anomalies that lasted much longer than the surface warming
Scientists deployed monitoring devices on narwhals to record heart rates, breathing, and diving behavior during seismic air gun pulses from a ship in the fjords of Greenland
A long-term study of kelp forest dynamics on California’s Central Coast highlights the critical role of sea urchin behavior, not just the size of the urchin population
The idea that chaos is rare in natural populations may be due to methodological and data limitations, rather than the inherent stability of ecosystems
A robust analysis demonstrates that nature-based solutions to reduce the damage caused by coastal flooding are cost-effective
Study finds all brown bears today have some polar bear ancestry due to genetic admixture that occurred during a warm interglacial period more than 100,000 years ago
Researchers used miniature video cameras to study how free-ranging elephant seals use their whiskers to track down prey in the darkness of the deep ocean