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The loss of plant species that are especially vulnerable to climate change might lead to bigger problems than previous studies have suggested

A group of trees that grow fast, live long lives and reproduce slowly account for the bulk of the biomass.

Genetically engineered strains of bacteria protect bees from mites and viruses that can lead to colony collapse.

The discovery holds important implications for our understanding of age-related disorders and cancers in humans.

More severe droughts caused by climate change and increasing water use in Central Texas have left groundwater salamanders “highly vulnerable to extinction.”

In five cases where vertebrates evolved monogamy, the same changes in gene expression occurred each time.

Urban sophistication has real sex appeal — at least if you’re a Central American amphibian. Male frogs in cities are more attractive to females than their forest-frog counterparts, according to a new study from Mike Ryan and others published in Nature Ecology and Evolution.

The world’s most widely used weed killer, Roundup, causes honey bees to lose some of their beneficial bacteria and are more susceptible to infection and death from harmful bacteria.

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Mike Ryan, professor of integrative biology, has a new book that explores the intersection of evolution and aesthetics.