With their nearly identical black-and-white feathers, how can penguins tell each other apart when they’re nesting in huge colonies? At least one species of the iconic, tuxedo-wearing birds may use ...

Researchers identify two distinct gene transcripts of a single gene that could regulate color patterns in Saintpaulia flowers The researchers hypothesized that the white-striped petal pattern was due ...

A newly published paper in Nature describes the complex process of launching a nine-country collaboration in Africa to significantly expand scientists' understanding of human genetic diversity. This ...

Review of the 1987 exhibition at the National Museum of African Art, "Patterns of Life : West African Strip-weaving Traditions." https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20 ...