Biology Articles

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...

I often get a rock or a twig for my birthday. It probably sounds a bit odd, but you see, we lichenologists - people who...

A fiery gene that suppresses dwarves.

We have all been there. You have just sat down, perhaps on a train or in a lecture, when the person next to you sneezes...

How dinosaurs turned into modern-day birds...

A guide to the latest genome editing technology...

A fruit fly gene named after a gentle giant.

Why almost 90% of humans are right handed is a mystery. The hypothesis presented here is that having your heart on the...