Biology News Stories

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14 October 2007

Researchers in America's Grand Teton National Park have found that moose have learned to use roads to shield their...

07 October 2007

Scientists are developing short stretches of protein designed to fit into the surface of crucial molecules involved in...

23 September 2007

Why air pollution is linked with an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes...

23 September 2007

Researchers in Tbilisi, Georgia, have uncovered the oldest human remains ever found outside of Africa...

09 September 2007

Scientists have discovered how Moray eels manage to swallow things nearly as large as themselves - they have a second...

09 September 2007

The origins of the meteorite that helped to bring about the demise of the dinosaurs has been discovered...

02 September 2007

British scientists can press ahead with research to generate animal-human hybrid embryos...

02 September 2007

A green-glowing chemical from a jellyfish can be used as a molecular thermometer...

02 September 2007

Korean researchers claim to have discovered two sound-sensitive genes in rice plants.