Biology Articles

Ocean deadzones are triggered by nitrogen-fuelled bursts of microorganisms. So how does this happen and what can we do...

In September 2010, the BBC reported an “Urgent call on EU to stop billion-euro 'alien invasion'”. But for...

Disruption of the nitrogen cycle can wreak havoc on ocean ecosystems for which oxygen is in short supply. Robin...

Everyone can contribute to the work of scientists. Harriet Dickinson explains how you can get involved, and why Science...

Dating codes are placed on food to indicate the food is safe to eat before this date. But how are these dates decided,...

It’s pretty easy to get lost when you venture deep into the Jungle of Lambusango on the Isle of Buton, just off the...

Barnacles and mussels have an intimate relationship, but are they welcome house guests or uninvited squatters?

Rare genetic mutations have been known to abolish pain, or to cause permanent agony. But what if subtle differences in...

Imagine a shoal of fish 15 kilometres long, 3.5 kilometres wide and 40 metres deep...

The seabed is surprisingly clean considering the amount of waste, both natural and man-made, that gets dumped in the...

In Lewis Carroll’s "Through the Looking-Glass", The Red Queen tells Alice that she has to run as quickly as...

Microbial warfare is constantly happening all around us, and often humans can reap the benefits if the right bacteria...

Southern right whales live in the southern oceans that surround Antarctica. In the winter, they move north, settling in...

As more carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere, the world's oceans become more acidic, affecting the...

Plants and animals seem worlds apart, but in some important ways, we are more like plants than we realise...

Of all the slang names for the British, none is more iconic than 'Limey'. While the the term provokes...

Bees are being trained to detect drugs and explosives...

“Love is the drug and I need to score,” sang Bryan Ferry in the seventies, earning him a smash hit and a small fortune...

We’re all searching for happiness, but do we really know what this is or where to find it? Douglas E. Richards gives...

For anyone fresh out of frogs and tempted to kiss a toad instead, this article has a word of warning. Although certain...

Noam Chomsky, a rookie professor at MIT, published a ground-breaking book called Syntactic Structures, which set out a...

Swine flu, SARS, Bird Flu, HIV, Dengue, Hepatitis C, Ebola - the human race is awash with new infections - but where...

What happens when a human child grows up with a chimpanzee brother? Does a dog think that a robot dog belongs to the...

What can microfossils tell us about past climate? Christopher Stanton resumes his story...