Biology News Articles

Faster urban heating leads to earlier tree greening

Scientists used genetic engineering to 3D print a gel with living cells that release drugs or clean pollutants

Early birds and night owls risk missing solar cues needed to reset their body clock, risking heart health...

Whales have been found to eat up to three times more than we initially estimated...

Dawn choruses across Europe and North America are becoming quieter and less varied

New combined approach could help tackle deadly bacteria

Why do some of us walk to the shops one way and then routinely follow an alternative route home?

This extreme Nordic tradition burns calories with no exercise, and potentially improves sleep

The rodents are not only taking a toll on the landscape, but also the wellbeing of farming communities...

As glaciers move to the ocean they act as "natural bulldozers", crushing the underlying rock and releasing...

The rise of slime off Turkey is a dangerous eyesore. But it's not all doom and gloop: this can be reversed

Sharks gather map-like information from Earth's magnetic field

If cats eat and play, mice live to see another day...

A drug that combats a rare human genetic disease is lethal to blood-sucking insects...

Trapped in amber for millions of years, this beetle has been scientifically very enlightening...

These Japanese millipedes join cicadas as the only other arthropods with a multi-year life cycle...

Does the announcement from Pfizer this week mark the beginning of the end of our socially-distanced existence...

Healthcare workers are carrying COVID-19 without realising they’re infected, a new study shows...

Coughs and sneezes traditionally spread diseases, and coronavirus particles are shed into sewage...

Loss of smell and taste sense has been reported by people later diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2. Now we know why...

Covid-19 mortality rates are apparently much lower in some parts of the world. Might the TB jab you had as a teenager...

Immune responses can actually help Covid-19 to infect cells, a new study reveals...

The results extend what we regard as the habitable space on Earth...

A robot balances better than ever before by learning from human behaviour...