The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet, who died last week at 91, found an enduring language to express his anguish at what human exploitation has done to the world.
Scientists have managed to sequence the genome of a measles virus that infected a 2-year-old girl who died in 1912.
The patchwork of burnt lands that once characterized fire-prone forests is disappearing.
Feline genomes are surprisingly similar to humans’, and could help us treat disease in both species.
Boa constrictors have figured out a way to inflate only parts of their lungs.
Five years ago, monkeypox made a leap—and most of the world ignored it.
Recent explorations into the field of canine genetics are changing the way we think about man's best friend—"man's best parasite" may be more like it—and could help us repair the damage done by a century of inbreeding
Recent explorations into the field of canine genetics are changing the way we think about man’s best friend—“man's best parasite” may be more like it—and could help us repair the damage done by a century of inbreeding.