Biology News Stories

Can bacteria influence the sex life of animals? A serendipitous discovery made by researchers at UC Berkeley and...

Our hairy insides protect us from the full force of fluids racing through our bodies and may inspire future robotic...

Disabling and disruptive to the lives of sufferers, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) affects around 740,000 people...

A way to fix problems caused by additional copies of chromosomes has been discovered by UK scientists...

Birds sense the disparity between true and magnetic north to help them navigate, new research has shown...

Repairing damaged organs with injectable tissue bandages may only be a heartbeat away ...

Stripy sea snakes are more susceptible to the harmful effects of water pollution than their black coloured counterparts...

Jesus famously turned water into wine, and now it looks like goldfish routinely do the same thing to survive in icy...

The constellation of genes that need to be in working order to enable the immune system to kill off cancers has been...

A certain species of bacteria breaks down compounds, commonly found in black tea, to create a molecule that protects...

An in-born heart defect has been fixed using gene editing in human embryos, scientists reported this week.

Worsening night-time light pollution is hitting pollination rates and denting plant fruit yields, a new study has shown...

The use of artificial light at night, such as street lights, can harm pollination according to researchers at the...

Diabetes may be transferable to other individuals, scientists have shown...

For the first time since their extinction from over-hunting in the 16th century beavers have been reintroduced to...

The long-standing question of why, and how, flamingos balance on just one leg seems to be about minimising muscular...

Mice conceived using sperm flown in space are healthy and have normal fertility themselves, Japanese scientists have...

To see Blade Runner 2049 in 3D might be a dazzling experience but how did 3D vision develop in the evolution? Is it...

Caterpillars that can munch their way through plastic bags have been described by scientists in Cambridge.

Even the deepest parts of the ocean are not safe from the footprints of humanity...

Ancient proteins provide clues for biotech.

A new sex test could help to save endangered sea turtles.

Researchers find a molecule that can turn back the clock.

With photosynthesis levels rising, could plants be the key to combating climate change?