News

  1. Animals

    Ponds and their toads cured of dreaded disease

    Treating both tadpoles and their ponds for infection by deadly Bd chytrid fungus lets midwife toads go wild again.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Health & Medicine

    When selenium is scarce, brain battles testes for it

    In competition for selenium, testes draw the nutrient away from the brain.

    By Laura Sanders
  3. Plants

    Genetic battle of the sexes plays out in cukes and melons

    Genetics reveals new approach to preventing inbred seeds and encouraging more fruitful crops.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Genetics

    New catalog of human genetic variation could improve diagnosis

    Study of human protein-coding variation reveals which genes are more likely to be involved in genetic diseases.