In this era of Big Data, the prevailing wisdom is that more information leads to better answers. However, a new Canadian ...

A new paper published today (April 24) in the journal Nature by an international team of 279 scientists led by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew presents the most up-to-date understanding of the ...

In a new study published in the journal Science, researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, ZSL (Zoological Society of London) and their international collaborators including Boise State ...

The tree of life is a galvanizing image, anchoring biological diversity within a common framework. From a new view in 2016, the tree has continued to grow, and with it, our understanding of life on ...

The Baobab is one of the strangest-looking trees on Earth, and has been described as an “upside-down tree” and even the “tree of life” due to its nutrient-rich fruit. While six of the eight species of ...

Genome sequencing has transformed biology in the past three decades. The sequencing of the first eukaryotic genome, Saccharomyces cerevisiae 1, in 1996 was soon followed by the first animal and plant ...