A new method from EMBL-EBI and collaborators offers fast, easy-to-interpret confidence scores for phylogenetic trees for pandemic preparedness ...

Genomes are key to unlocking life's evolutionary history. The presence and absence of certain genetic sequences and mutations can give us clues to the ...

For ten years running, computer scientist Alexandros Stamatakis from the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) ...

This article introduces the field of bioinformatics and its importance as a cornerstone of biological research, as well as ...

A more-than-a-century-old European beech tree located in a Vancouver Island park grew from seeds obtained in Flanders Fields, ...

In the Amazon forest, human disturbances are now changing which trees grow, how they work, and how deep their evolutionary ...

“Our work highlights how evolutionary adaptations to diet and disease may have influenced primate biology, including humans,” ...

Scientists discover a new species of bright orange venomous scorpionfish called Phenacoscorpius trispinis in Sagami Bay, ...

A newly discovered trapdoor spider species has been unearthed beneath California’s beaches, offering a rare glimpse into the ...