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A new online tool allows scientists around the globe to curate publications that involve two or more living organisms of any size and from any environment.

Data from over 23,000 young people reveals how the number of close friends a person has during the transition from childhood to adolescents impacts mental health and cognitive abilities.

Plant adaptations to local climates, along with human activity, shaped the expansion of humans growing mungbeans as a crop across Asia.

Honeybees use complex strategies to assess which flowers are worth exploring.

A newly identified genetic variant contributes to allergen-triggered wheezing and lifelong wheezing and might make a good target for new treatments.

The relationships between species of bacteria living in the guts of baboons are largely consistent between hosts, rather than personalized to each individual.

The substitution of a single building block in the hemoglobin protein of extinct Steller’s sea cows allowed them to adapt to the cold waters of the North Pacific Ocean.

A neural pathway known to dampen pain in mammals is also present in fruit flies.