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The H3N2 canine influenza virus – which originally came from birds – is evolving to become more transmissible between dogs.

The progenitor cells that form articular cartilage express a gene for a protein called NFATc1, which stops articular chondrocytes from developing too early in the joint.

A single event can completely change the direction of a career in science; four researchers share their stories.

Sensory neurons previously shown to optimize speed and balance in fish by providing information about the curvature of the spine show similar morphology and connectivity in mice.

A well-established model for how plants start the process of flowering in periods of cold weather may need revisiting.

A domain in the ORF1 polyprotein of the hepatitis E virus that was previously thought to be a protease is actually a zinc-binding domain.

When a fish beats its tail, it produces vortices in the water that other fish could take advantage of to save energy while swimming.

His mosquito control project heading for failure, a field entomologist recalls how a chance encounter led to a Eureka moment.

Expanding a statistical approach called Mendelian randomization to include multiple variables may help researchers to identify new molecular causes of specific traits.

The global spread of antibiotic resistance could be due to a number of factors, and not just the overuse of antibiotics in agriculture and medicine as previously thought.