A new study has demonstrated a way to reduce vitamin D receptor activity selectively in bone or muscle in living mice, using engineered adeno-associated viral vectors. The work, reported by O’Donohue, Chu, Norris
A new study has identified and characterized a population of cells in the brain’s subventricular zone that may resemble the cells thought to initiate glioblastoma, the most aggressive primary brain tumor in adults.
A large study of children using melatonin has found that the supplement was associated with a small reduction in the proportion of rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep—but not with broad disruption of
As biodiversity on Earth faces rapid decline, scientists are advocating for a new conservation approach: Save habitat for primates and protect countless other species along with them. For long, conservation efforts and funding
ZEBRE has submitted the 180MW/360MWh Noblevale Battery in Queensland for federal environmental assessment under the EPBC Act.
Over the past two decades, Belize lost around 20% of its forest cover — more than 350,000 hectares (865,000 acres). Much of it is the result of agricultural expansion by Mennonites, the conservative
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. A harpy eagle needs large trees for nesting and enough surrounding forest for its young to
TANGGAMUS, Indonesia — For more than a decade and a half, forest ranger Wandi Harmoko has walked the ridges and valleys of Batutegi, a landscape in southern Sumatra. He is one of only
As dwarf planet Pluto moves along in its distant, high-obliquity 248-year orbit, its atmosphere is changing. That’s because it’s beginning an 88-year march through colder, darker parts of the outer Solar System. As
