Life Sciences

Mammoth Achievement
Illustration by ExhibitEase LLC - Steven W. Marcus
Penn State's mammoth research to be included on '60 Minutes'
Credit: S.C. Schuster. Complete mammoth skeleton at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
From the Edge of Darkness to the Black Abyss: Marine Scientists Census 17,500+ Species and Counting
‘New’ Dumbo (Grimpoteuthis sp.) Photo courtesy of David Shale.
New Research into the Mechanisms of Gene Regulation
The team of scientists used red blood cells from a mouse to study the mechanisms of gene regulation. The research is expected to help in the development of new therapies to treat people who suffer from sickle-cell anemia and other blood disorders. Credit: Wikipedia Commons (Public Domain)
Global Warming Cycles Threaten Endangered Primates
Critically endangered northern muriqui, Brachtyeles hypoxanthus, at the RPPN Feliciano Miguel Abdala, MG, Brazil. Credit: Carla B. Possamai, provided by K.B. Strier
Shapiro Named 2009 Searle Scholar
Beth Shapiro Awarded Packard Fellowship
Book on Ape Evolution Wins W. W. Howells Award
Cover of The Ape in the Tree, A Natural and Intellectual History of Proconsul
Shapiro Receives MacArthur Fellow Award
Beth Shapiro Awarded Packard Fellowship
Dramatic Biological Responses to Global Warming in the Arctic
Eric Post, Penn State Arctic Hare on leverets in Greenland (2008-2009)
Global Warming Causes Outbreak of Rare Algae Associated with Corals, Study Finds
This image was taken in October 2005 during the 2005 coral-bleaching event in the Caribbean. The white corals have lost their symbiotic algae and appear "bleached." Credit: Todd LaJeunesse, Penn State
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