Fever is an important response to help the organism combat infection, but it has a high cost in terms of energy expenditure. Mammals and birds may therefore lower their temperature instead of raising ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A Massachusetts biotechnology company says it can produce the fuel that runs Jaguars and jet engines using the same ingredients that make grass grow. Joule Unlimited has invented a ...

BEAUTY OF LIFE: This computer-generated image illustrating how organisms grow proportionally represents only a tiny portion of image E on the following page. Could it be that the way organisms ...

A melanin-rich fungus first discovered inside the ruined Chernobyl nuclear reactor is attracting renewed global interest after fresh reports highlighted its striking ability to grow more rapidly when ...

The spectrum of stellar radiation available to an organism is altered by the atmosphere and water on the planet it inhabits. Study of this relationship can outline the limits to photosynthesis. This ...

In biology the relationship of what eats what and how energy passes through an ecosystem is called a food chain. Pyramids can help give us an overall picture of a particular food chain. They can ...