Ancient DNA reveals farming was brought to Britain by migrants, not adopted by local...
Biology News Stories
News about biology, genetics, ecology and evolution, insects, mammals, marine science, plants and zoology...
01 July 2021
As glaciers move to the ocean they act as "natural bulldozers", crushing the underlying rock and releasing...
25 June 2021
The rise of slime off Turkey is a dangerous eyesore. But it's not all doom and gloop: this can be reversed
04 June 2021
Sharks gather map-like information from Earth's magnetic field
18 February 2021
If cats eat and play, mice live to see another day...
04 February 2021
A drug that combats a rare human genetic disease is lethal to blood-sucking insects...
22 January 2021
Trapped in amber for millions of years, this beetle has been scientifically very enlightening...
15 January 2021
These Japanese millipedes join cicadas as the only other arthropods with a multi-year life cycle...
13 November 2020
Does the announcement from Pfizer this week mark the beginning of the end of our socially-distanced existence...
12 May 2020
Healthcare workers are carrying COVID-19 without realising they’re infected, a new study shows...
01 May 2020
Coughs and sneezes traditionally spread diseases, and coronavirus particles are shed into sewage...
28 April 2020
Loss of smell and taste sense has been reported by people later diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2. Now we know why...
22 April 2020
Covid-19 mortality rates are apparently much lower in some parts of the world. Might the TB jab you had as a teenager...
19 April 2020
Immune responses can actually help Covid-19 to infect cells, a new study reveals...
30 March 2020
The results extend what we regard as the habitable space on Earth...
15 March 2020
A robot balances better than ever before by learning from human behaviour...
10 March 2020
Is lettuce grown in space as good for you as lettuce grown on Earth?
01 March 2020
Why do seagulls want your chips? Turns out they prefer food humans have touched...
21 February 2020
How can you improve flood resilience, biodiversity and tourism? Beavers!
13 February 2020
What helps a zoo pull in the punters?
17 December 2019
DNA stores our biological blueprint, and it can now store the blueprint of common objects too...
29 November 2019
If you find it difficult to change your diet, look at what these bacteria did…
23 November 2019
The genetic changes that protect ash trees against ash dieback disease have been uncovered by UK scientists...
15 November 2019
In every generation there is about a 1% chance of a child’s father not actually being the mother’s husband...
07 November 2019
Being called a bird brain might not be such a bad thing…