Biology

Antibodies are crucial for scientists and their lab work, but the manufacturing industry has struggled with consistent quality.

Beth Linker's 'Slouch' delves into this history, revealing the scientific and societal implications of the perceived epidemic of bad posture in twentieth-century America.

It’s getting wild. We talk about urban wildlife – from encounters with coyotes to bats who need our help

Eco-friendly funerals are popular. We'll talk about composting, green burial and the death industry. Plus, do you speak whale? Exploring new research on whale communication.

The discovery of the state's largest Atlantic white cedar tree reveals its rarity. Cedars were heavily logged over the centuries.

After the 2016 outbreak, Penn State researchers collected samples from 26 potato fields in Pennsylvania to study the disease.

Surgeons externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully filter blood.

Americans love mail-in test kits that promise to track down relatives and pin our family origins around the globe. But, what about data privacy and dark generational secrets?

Winter storms, heavy snow, and ice can damage trees, arborists say.

The first fish to crawl onto land 375 million years ago was discovered in 2004. It became a media darling. Now, for the first time, you can see it in person.

A thousand birds died in Chicago in just one day last week. What's being done to prevent bird strikes in Philly? And, efforts to ban gas-powered leaf blowers are on the rise.

After a controversial decision to rethink its collection of medical pathologies, the Mütter will launch a 2-year public discussion about human remains.

Princeton University biologist and host of the PBS show, "Human Footprint," Shane Campbell-Staton on our connection to the natural world and how we are transforming it.

This episode holds the best of the summer. Rick Steves joins us to talk about how to travel, a biologist tells us why we need to love sharks and Amos Lee plays live music.

They say 55-year-old Cedric Lodge stole dissected portions of cadavers that were donated to the Harvard Medical School from 2018 to early 2023.