Biology

Some 700 cats have been killed by "feline infectious peritonitis (FIP)," known as the "cat coronavirus," in the last four months in Büyükada, the biggest island of Istanbul's Princes' Islands, local officials have announced.

Scientists have discovered the world's largest plant off the Australia coast _ a seagrass meadow that has grown by repeatedly cloning itself.

Genetic analysis has revealed that the underwater fields of waving green seagrass are a single organism covering 180 square kilometers through making copies of itself over 4,500 years.

The researchers also attempted to map the genome of a woman

France will put down a killer whale stranded for weeks in the River Seine, after attempts to lead the animal out to sea failed and revealed it is severely sick, local authorities said on May 29.

The Turkish parliament has established a commission, following a joint proposal by five political parties, to evaluate the problems of the country's elderly people and produce solutions for them.

The move came after Parliament Speaker Mustafa Şentop's call, on behalf of the elderly, in a speech at a ceremony on "Respect to Elderlies Week" between March 18 and 24.

The coronavirus pandemic is not totally over, but risks of infections and deaths have reduced, a prominent Turkish physician said on April 12.

"The pandemic is not over yet. But we are at the end of the tunnel," said Tevfik Özlü, a professor from the Health Ministry's Coronavirus Science Board.

Two notebooks owned by naturalist Charles Darwin, including one containing a sketch of his famous Tree of Life, have been returned to Cambridge University's library, more than 20 years after they were reported missing.

Scientists say they have finally assembled the full genetic blueprint for human life, adding the missing pieces to a puzzle nearly completed two decades ago.

Scientists say they have finally assembled the full genetic blueprint for human life, adding the missing pieces to a puzzle nearly completed two decades ago.

"The morbidity is reducing, today for the first time we have fallen below 500 in intensive care units. But we cannot say that we have ended the pandemic. There is no point in talking about this from morning to night.