Biology News Stories

A blood test can be used to detect a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer's...

A 460 million year old fossil of the oldest and largest species of marine scorpion has been discovered, measuring...

Depth of fishing is key to sustainability, not the size of catch says new research...

Drones bad for black bears...

The contrasting pattern on zebras may have a different purpose to what we originally thought...

A chemical signal that triggers regeneration of tissues has been revealed...

Chicken, or egg: how one of the first complex lifeforms on Earth reproduced has been unearthed by UK scientists.

Why different animals have differently-shaped pupils has now been revealed...

Bonobos can communicate like human babies, using sounds that have a meaning dependent on context, but which is not...

The microbes living in the intestine can contribute to the symptoms of anxiety and depression, a new study has revealed...

Academic success at the end of compulsory education may be down to genetics.

Unexpected internal structures have been found in the teeth of T.rex, amongst other dinosaurs...

A fossil snake unlike any other has been discovered - it has 4 legs! Could this settle some arguments about the...

Mexican cave fish adapted to cycles of starvation and binge- eating have gene changes identical to some obese humans.

A genetic tendency to overactivity in certain brain regions has been shown to cause anxiety and depression in up to...

A new method for measuring biological age - the decline in organ function - has been used for the first time in young...

The biological pathway that determines how mice feel pain is completely different in males and females, and could...

Women change colour across the month and become subtly redder when they are at their most fertile, a new study has...

Doses of antibiotics administered in babyhood trigger lifelong metabolic effects, including heightened risk of obesity...

Fossils of a primitive turtle, thought to be the missing link in the evolution of the modern-day turtle, have been...

The missing link in the pathway that endows poppies with the ability to make morphine has been found by scientists in...

Some Australian marsupials, including kangaroos and wallabies, show signs of left handedness, a new study has shown...

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...