Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) begin to accumulate in the tissues of mammals already during the fetal stage, according ...

Animals display an extraordinary array of structural adaptations that are intimately linked to their functional capacities. From the microscopic organisation of tissues and cells to the macroscopic ...

Researchers reveal a newly discovered mechanism by which organisms select beneficial microbes and reject harmful ones. Margaret McFall-Ngai, professor and director of the Pacific Biosciences Research ...

Scientists suspected that microRNAs behave differently in plants than in animals, but new findings from researchers in the lab of Whitehead Member and MIT professor David Bartel show that this isn’t ...