New research explains why more than 200 weedy seadragons were found dead on beaches in the Sydney, Australia region.

New research from the University of Chicago and University of Missouri shows how physical changes in the skull affected the mechanics of the way birds move and use their beaks to eat and explore their habitats — adaptations that helped them evolve into the extraordinarily diverse winged creatures we see today.

Up to 25% of new mothers suffer from postpartum depression, which can significantly impact their parenting behavior and the wellbeing of their children. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign looks at long-term effects of early maternal depression on children, underscoring the need to provide adequate support for mothers who might be struggling.

Prof. Zilong Zhang,Feifei Cui's team from Hainan University and Quan Zou's team from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China collaborated to build a model that can comprehensively predict the relative abundance of multiple proteins in the protein corona by using machine learning, and provide the corresponding web service, so as to make the established model have practical application value.

Ancient DNA shows an endangered dove species endemic to Cuba is more genetically distinct than the dodo was before it died out.

Trial of strength at the cellular level: cells are in constant competition with each other and so eliminate diseased or unwanted cells. Cell competition is therefore a central principle for maintaining the health of tissues and organs. Researchers have investigated the success factors of superior cells and discovered a previously unknown winning strategy in mechanical cell competition. They identified a variety in the ability of cells to exert mechanical forces onto other cells as the decisive regulator. With their results recently published in ‘Nature Materials,’ the research team from Germany, France and Denmark challenges the classical interpretation of cell competition.