A new study published in the journal Science reveals for the first time the birth timing and embryonic origin of elusive brain cells called chandelier...
A new research led by Dr Alistair Dove of Georgia Aquarium (Atlanta, Georgia) has provided evidence that a suite of techniques called metabolomics can...
A team of biologists from Spain and the United States has discovered that fats within cells store a class of basic proteins, called histones, with potent...
Biologists have discovered five new species of darters in freshwater river systems in the eastern United States and named them after four U.S. presidents...
British scientists have identified a way in which Salmonella, the bacteria that cause typhoid fever and gastroenteritis, inactivate immune defenses in...
A well-preserved crab-like fossil that was found by scientists from Curtin University, Australia, has provided evidence of a toxic ocean environment in...
A team of U.S. and French biologists has discovered a gorgeous new species of fish during a recent expedition to the Gambier Archipelago, French Polynesia.
This...
A new method of gene identification that could increase the genetic information scientists hold on animals by up to 80 per cent has been discovered by...
An international team of astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope has discovered a pair of stars orbiting each other at the center of the remarkable...
A Goffin’s cockatoo named Figaro makes and uses stick-type tools to rake in food, manufacturing them from different materials and displaying different...
A team of scientists led by Dr Lonny Lundsten of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) in Moss Landing, California, has discovered an extraordinary...
According to an international team of biologists, an Asian elephant named Koshik can imitate human speech.
This image shows Dr Angela Stoeger and Dr Daniel...
A new study led by Monash University’s Dr Kaspar Delhey has provided new insights into why some birds of the Maluridae family are radiantly blue.
Birds...
An international team of scientists using the European Photon Imaging Camera aboard ESA’s X-ray space observatory XMM-Newton has snapped a stunning new...
Dr Rogério Bertani, a tarantula specialist with the Instituto Butantan in Sao Paulo, has reported the discovery of nine species of tree-dwelling tarantulas.
Female...
The elusive West African Seahorse, Hippocampus algiricus, has been filmed for the first time off the coast of Senegal by Imperial College London’s student...
Australian National University biologists have found a new species of skink hidden among the sand dunes of Western Australia’s coastline.
The Coastal...
A multinational team of astronomers using the Advanced Camera for Surveys and the Wide Field Camera 3 aboard NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured...
A new genus of ferns found in Central and South America, Mexico, Arizona and Texas, has been named for Lady Gaga, an American singer and songwriter.
Lady...
Researchers at the National Marine Mammal Foundation in San Diego have discovered that white whales can imitate the voices of humans.
The beluga or white...
