Biology News Articles

A parasitic plant capable of devastating food crops has met its match with the domestic tomato...

Speedy chewing robot munches on paleodiet to evaluate tooth wear rate.

The greater honeyguide bird has evolved to seek out and cooperate with humans to help them find honey, scientists...

A breakthrough in vaccination technology that could speed up the production of vaccines for Ebola, Zika or the Flu...

After 277 attempts, Dolly - the world’s first cloned mammal, was born on the 5th July 1996 at the Roslin Institute in...

Scientists studying some of the oldest life on Earth have discovered that the bacteria can use light that plants...

DNA editing tools can be used to combat herpes viruses, Dutch scientists have shown...

The itchiness of a mosquito bite dramatically boosts the infection rate for viruses like dengue, yellow fever and...

A new way to find the optimal cocktail of drugs for patients with cystic fibrosis has been announced by Dutch...

Exercise is commonly associated with stress relief and well being, and researchers now believe it could also be the...

A technique for producing anatomically accurate replacement bones using a individual's own cells has been...

Tobacco plant may light up the way to beat malaria.

An immune system reboot can halt the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS), doctors in Canada have reported this...

When given the choice of plastic particles or zooplankton, fish prefer to eat plastic. Is it time to ban microplastic...

Opioid drugs, like morphine, can paradoxically cause chronic pain conditions.

A tiny organism that lives in soil has been found to reverse some of the physical effects of stress.

Study finds that having Botox treatment impairs your ability to read the emotions of others.

Researchers have discovered a new route, which could help explain the very origins of life on Earth.

Pensioners vaccinated before 11am had up to four times the immune response compared to those in the afternoon, new...

A gene that adds two years to your appearance has been documented by scientists studying people in the Netherlands and...

Microscopic beads coated with part of the outer shell of human eggs could act as both a contraceptive and fertility...

One half of the human brain remains on alert the first time you sleep in unfamiliar surroundings...

Vegetarianism may the best option for feeding the growing global population if we're to avoid widespread...

If you go down in the woods today, you might catch a clutch of trees sharing a carbon picnic...