Life

Life

A tryst, then the power to resist

House mice in Europe got some of their tolerance for rodenticides from hybridizing with a completely different species

Life

The lion eats tonight …

Attacks on humans peak after a full moon, when feline bellies tend to rumble.

Life

Shuffling the genetic deck

Scientists map places where chromosomes mix and match genes.

Life

Life

Slacker fish, carnivorous pitfalls, a dinosaur gap and more in this week’s news.

Life

Genes & Cells

Human livers implanted in mice, plus new eye of newt, the potato genome and more in this week’s news.

Microbes

Whether for brains or bacteria, intelligence is all about food

Animals

Baboon bosses get stressed for success

In the wild, the most powerful males reign tensely.

Life

Oil spill didn’t hurt seagrass-dwelling juvenile fish

Long-term effects of early exposure to hydrocarbons remains unknown.

Life

Learnin’ lizards

Underrated reptiles figure out what to do when the old rules change.

Life

Genes & Cells

Chromosomal risks of fertility treatment, vitamin A for vaccines and clues to brain cancer in this week's news.

Animals

Chimp has an ear for talk

Human-raised Panzee challenges the notion that only people can discern acoustically altered words.

Life

Environment blamed for autism

A new study of twins downplays the role of genes in determining who will get autism.