Biology News Stories

Evaporating water can be used as an energy source to generate electricity using bacterial spores found in soil.

Chimps have a fondness for beer and barbecuing, just like humans...

The remains of blood cells and fibrous tissues have been found preserved in a collection of dinosaur fossils by UK...

By applying designs from nature to engineering problems, your heating bills could be reduced as nature-inspired designs...

We’ve infiltrated the ranks of our immune system’s intelligence army to control how we fight disease…

Ladybird colour reveals to predators how toxic they are…

Chimpanzees possess all of the required cognitive abilities for cooking, announces a new study from Harvard University.

A sequencing machine installed in a Sierra Leone tent is distributing virus data freely to the world and revealing how...

How the unfertilised egg wipes the DNA slate clean and reboots the genome to kick-start cell division following...

Every virus infection you have ever contracted can now be detected by a new test developed by US scientists.

Bleached Caribbean corals compromise on greedier temperature-resistant symbionts...

Cats are actually picky about bitter, not sour, tastes

A gene that coordinates the body's pain pathways has been discovered with the help of a group of patients who...

Researchers have uncovered an efficient way to create new hair cells used for hearing...

How horseshoe bats could revolutionise naval sonar…

A paralysed man can shake hands again thanks to a new thought-controlled robotic arm…

A chemical extracted from an Asian vine causes obese animals to return to a normal body weight within a few weeks...

It may be hard to swallow just after stubbing your toe, but there is a purpose to pain, and a reason humans get it...

Your microbiome reveals where you grew up, where you live, what you eat and even what medicines might suit you best...

A hot-blooded fish shows being warm-bodied isn't the solve preserve of mammals and birds...

How does selective hearing really work?

Dressing in red around the office might have your colleagues seeing you in a different light!

‘Binge-drinking’ when young alters our brains’ development for life, new research reveals...

Not only do naked mole rats look unusual, they are also resistant to cancer, thanks to a unique gene.