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Chinook salmon in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta represent an ecologically and economically significant species whose life cycle is closely tied to the hydrological regime and habitat quality of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Imagine a creature so small it can fit between the grains ...

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UCLA scientists have characterized the structure and function of a key survival protein in breast cancer cells that helps ...