This news release is available in German. (Jena) Their arrival used to be perceived as a bad omen: Because of their scull-like markings on their backs the Death's head hawkmoths (Acherontia atropos) ...

Hungry bats whipping through the blackness to gulp down insects may have driven moths into daylight—creating what we know as butterflies—suggest Canadian researchers. The idea springs from their ...

If you’ve got an inherited disease and you want to find the genetic faults responsible, it certainly helps if you’re a prominent geneticist. James Lupski (right) from the Baylor College of Medicine ...

Discover how geneticist James Lupski identified the genetic cause of his Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease through genome sequencing. If you've got an inherited disease and you want to find the genetic ...