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The peppered moth is so good at blending in with the background that researchers knew little about its behavior in the wild for decades. Can you spot the light-colored typica moth against the lichen filled tree bark?Michael Majerus

Spot the Moth

By Cristina Luiggi | May 1, 2012

It’s a well-known story: The peppered moth’s ancestral typica phenotype is white with dark speckles. In the decades following the…

Infographic: Telomere Basics  View full size JPG | PDF  Scott Leighton, CMI

Telomere Basics

By Rodrigo Calado and Neal Young | May 1, 2012

Telomeres are repetitive, noncoding sequences that cap the ends of linear chromosomes. They consist of hexameric nucleotide sequences (TTAGGG in…

Infographic: Designing Transition-State Inhibitors View full size JPG | PDF Lucy reading-Ikkanda

Designing Transition-State Inhibitors

By Vern L. Schramm | May 1, 2012

A transition-state mimic has the power to bind an enzyme at its tipping point as strongly as any available inhibitor…

A tattoed Plougshare tortoise released into the Madagascar wildernessDurrell Wildlife Conservation Trust

Telltale Tortoises

By Jef Akst | April 1, 2012

Researchers are permanently marking endangered reptiles in Madagascar to keep the animals from entering the illegal wildlife trade. Read the…

Infographic: The Two Faces of Metastasis  View full size JPG | PDF Lucy reading-Ikkanda

The Two Faces of Metastasis

By Suling Liu, Hasan Korkaya, and Max S. Wicha | April 1, 2012

During development, the cells of an embryo change their pattern of gene expression, which allows them to detach from their…

The Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown in Lisbon, Portugal tops this year's list of best international institutions for postdocs.THE CHAMPALIMAUD FOUNDATION

Best Places for Postdocs, 2012

By Sabrina Richards | March 29, 2012

Postdocs at this year’s top-ranked institutions get to tackle human health and disease from every angle. Scientists at the Donald…

A male lion yawns while guarding his kill. This lion fastidiously chased away all vultures but didn't seemed to mind BeetleCam.burrard-lucas.com

BeetleCam, Take Two

By Cristina Luiggi | March 15, 2012

The BeetleCam is back! And this time, it’s lion proof. The new, improved, and heavily armored version of the remote…

Coral eggs are often pink in color, forming pink slicks across the top of the ocean’s surface during mass spawning events.Heyward and Negri, Australian Institute of Marine Science

Coral Clones

By Hannah Waters | March 1, 2012

Coral embryos drifting in rough ocean waves are essentially naked, with no protective membrane to keep them from breaking apart…

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Preserving Endangered Gametes

By Jef Akst | March 1, 2012

Pierre Comizzoli, a reproductive physiologist at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, chats about his efforts to rescue endangered species from…

Suckling’s and Sagar’s experimental setup with bees restrained and ready for testing Robert Lamberts NZPFR

A Whiff of TB

By Edyta Zielinska | March 1, 2012

Chemical ecologist Max Suckling at the Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd. and summer student Rachael Sagar use Pavlovian…