Biology News Stories

Evolution in our lifetime?

Scientists have discovered the key reefs that could save other reefs from destruction...

Did the evolutionary process towards musical abilities begin in the primeval oceans? And have Human footsteps...

Mice exposed to allergens pass on protective proteins to offspring through breastfeeding

Dolly the cloned sheep didn't have early-onset arthritis, a new study looking at her skeleton has concluded.

New hair-thin brain probe could revolutionise how we record brain activity

A chemical released by intestinal worms to prevent the immune system attacking them has been isolated by scientists in...

Scientists have developed a new method of growing liver cancer cells in the lab, which could greatly improve our...

New study measures mechanisms for reversal of Type 2 diabetes in rats.

Fossil finds have revealed male woolly mammoths were more likely to fall into natural traps

Drugs present in wastewater used to irrigate farmland can affect the growth and development of insects feeding on...

Plants use a trick of the light to make their flowers look blue to bees...

New technique tried in human embryos

Technique used for the first time in a UK lab

Three quarters of the world's honey is laced with neonicotinoid insecticides, a new study has shown this week.

Debris swept away by the 2011 Japanese tsunami has carried hundreds of new species across the Pacific Ocean to the...

A large electric eel can deliver a shock ten times more powerful than a TASER, a new study has shown.

Bird skulls and brains resemble those of young dinosaurs and may provide insight into their evolutionary origin and...

Human population, agriculture, tourism and trade are moving microbes around the world at unprecedented levels,...

Ancient viruses live on in our genomes.

The nature of the biological switch that controls whether a female honeybee will become a sterile worker or a sexually...

Researchers have used a novel technique to understand coral loss over a period of 240 years.

Cuckoos mimic predatory hawk calls to trick other birds and increase nest invasion success, according to researchers at...

Ningaloo whale sharks have a homing instinct and, following forays over considerable distances, tend to repeatedly re-...