A peculiar question has long puzzled biologists: If a salamander can regrow a missing leg, and a fish can replace a damaged fin, why can’t humans regrow so much as a hand […]
Genetic Tool Kit Helps Some Animals Regrow Body Parts
An Italian Cemetery May Provide Clues On Cholera’s Evolution
A team of archaeologists and other researchers hope that an ancient graveyard in Italy can yield clues about the deadly bacterium that causes cholera. The researchers are excavating the graveyard surrounding the […]
A Gene That Shaped The Evolution Of Darwin’s Finches
by Princeton University Communications Researchers from Princeton University and Uppsala University in Sweden have identified a gene in the Galápagos finches studied by English naturalist Charles Darwin that influences beak shape and […]
