It’s commonly assumed that when insects are eaten by birds, they and their unborn young have no chance of survival. However, a team of researchers hypothesized […]
The urgent threat from Zika virus, which dominated headlines in early 2016, has passed. But research into how Zika and other mosquito-borne infections spread and cause […]
So much for survival of the fittest — diversity is the key: a team of researchers has succeeded in demonstrating experimentally that genetic diversity makes populations […]
A new study puts forth the most comprehensive tree of life for malaria parasites to date. Among the researchers’ findings is that the diverse malaria parasite […]