Category: 5. Biology

Elephant seals return to Año Nuevo State Park. Visitors watch battling bulls and 75-pound pups

Every winter about 10,000 elephant seals make their way to California’s Año Nuevo State Park to fight, mate and give birth. The spectacle runs from mid-December through March, drawing wildlife watchers eager for a glimpse of the largest seals on…

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January 18, 2026
Millions of working horses and donkeys face health risks from poor harnessing

These days, the mention of a carthorse or mule plowing a field would transport many people back in time to an era of horse-drawn carriages and pre-industrial agriculture.

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January 18, 2026
The tumor microenvironment in esophageal cancer and its association with clinical features and neoadjuvant treatment response
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The oleaginous yeast Cutaneotrichosporon oleaginosum modifies corn stover alkali lignin

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3’-phosphoadenosine 5’-phosphosulfate synthetase 2 (PAPSS2) is a potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarker in colon adenocarcinoma

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Pharmacokinetic recall study of Estonian Biobank participants with novel genetic variants in CYP2C19 and CYP2D6

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Genetic diversity in the Plasmodium falciparum next-generation blood stage vaccine candidate antigen PfCyRPA in Senegal

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Machine learning integrating MRI and clinical features predicts early recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after resection

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Formulation of bacterial cellulose nanofibrils incorporated with xanthone as functional green ingredients for cosmeceutical products

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January 18, 2026

HBP1 enhances progesterone receptor activity and IGFBP1 expression driving endometrial decidualization

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January 18, 2026