Biology News

Seas Longest Lived Animal – The Sea Urchin

Researchers have discovered the real old man or old woman of the sea – the humble sea urchin – which can live over 200 years ! Studying specimen...

Frogs Croak With an Accent

I expect to most people listening to the show tonight, the croak of one frog probably sounds much the same as another. But apparently at least one species of frog h...

Why Do Leaves Change Colour in Autumn ?

Tree use their leaves make food. The leaves contain chlorophyll, a green pigment which together with light from the Sun, carbon dioxide and water results in...

Cone Snails Under Threat

We may have become immune to the cries from environmentalists urging us to "save the rainforests" but scientists are now warning of serious conseq...

Right Flippered Walruses

News last week was released that Walruses are right handed or should I say flippered, and prefer to use them to forage for clams on the sea bed. Apparently ...

Reseachers Discover How Baby Dolphins Keep Up

Young dolphins swim alongside their mothers in the open sea for up to 3 years, but it has always been a mystery how they manage to keep up. It turns out tha...

Fast Food Makes You Fat - it's Official

The Medical Research council has released a study concluding what many of us have probably suspected already: regularly eating junk food can increase your r...

The Best Way To Cook your Vegetables

Steaming produces the healthiest cooked vegetables, and microwaving produces the least healthy vegetables, according to Spanish researchers. Cristina Garcia...

Gm Crop Field Trial Results Announced

After a three years of farm-scale trials looking at the environmental impact of GM crops the results are finally out this week. These were the biggest trials carrie...

Sperm And Coffee

The last week has seen a handful of discoveries about sperm. Coffee speeds up sperm, cannabis makes them speed up and burn out quickly, and overweight men s...