Biology Articles

There are multiple clocks in the body: how do they tick to the same rhythm?

People tend to favour relatives over non-relatives. But is this a product of culture or a part of human nature?

A trainee clinical geneticist talks to a mother whose child suffered from a genetic disease...

How drones and AI are helping to track endangered species and threatened marine habitats...

Smartphone apps and genetic studies are teaming up to fight childhood obesity.

A significant amount of the single-use plastics that we use ends up in our oceans.

How do you assist a shark in the birthing process...

Earthworms and tiny water fleas could help deliver clean water to billions of people

How mammals survived, thrived, and became dominant across the planet...

They aren’t what most people think they are, Human eyes...

Research into the remarkable regenerative powers of worms and the insights they can give into battling diseases could...

The DNA from 5000 ancient bone fragments from New Zealand reveals the cost to the natural world of human arrival...

A new way to farm indoors using different wavelengths of light could boost the taste of fruits, salads and herbs, while...

To feed more than 9 billion people by 2050, farmers will have to produce 70% more food. Here's how genetics can...

Unravelling one of the most elaborate forms of non-human communication – the honeybee’s waggle dance – could help...

We've been unpicking the genomes of T. rex's descendents to find out...

In March 2011, my life took a turn when a simple blood sample would reveal whether or not I would have the rare,...

In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick built ball-and-stick models to help discover the structure of deoxyribonucleic...

Micro- and nano-robots built for medical purposes have the potential to venture deep within our bodies to repair damage...

We spend so much time looking at the stars that we often forget we have a Final Frontier right here on Earth. Even...

Our gene of the month is more at home at a rave than in a labUnlike most of our colourfully-named genes, this one was...

Using European plant and dairy waste as an alternative to soy-based animal feed could see a big drop in agricultural...

Oceans are noisy. Shrimps snap their claws, whales sing to find a mate and dolphins echolocate to find food. However...

You could call it fatal attraction. Drawn by artificial lights in our brightening night-time world, animals find their...