Biology News

Wild boars (Sus scrofa) and warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus) have an internal magnetic compass that helps them orient themselves as they forage for food...

The viscosity of the mucus secreted at the tip of a chameleon’s tongue is about 400 times higher than that of human saliva, according to a team of scientists...

Small water molecules control protein motion, a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has found. According to Zhong...

Scientists from Canada and the United States have discovered a new species of Greater Antillean anole lizard in the Dominican Republic, on the Caribbean...

Cats understand some elements of physics and the cause-and-effect principle, says a new study led by Kyoto University researcher Saho Takagi. Combining...

A new study led by Vanderbilt University scientist Dr. Suzana Herculano-Houzel has found that birds have significantly more neurons packed into their brains...

The archerfish (Toxotes chatareus), a species of freshwater tropical fish, can recognize individual people’s faces, shows a new study published in the...

A new species of the genus Pristimantis (rain frogs) has been discovered in southeastern Peru by an international team of scientists. Pristimantis pluvialis,...

Mechanosensory hairs may explain how bumblebees sense electric signals transmitted by flowers, says a team of scientists at the University of Bristol,...

Blue-green egg color shields bird embryos from harmful sunlight, according to Dr. David Lahti from the City University of New York and Dr. Dan Ardia from...

Sharks of the same species can have different personalities, indicates a new study published in the Journal of Fish Biology. Port Jackson shark (Heterodontus...

A team of researchers led by Dr. Graham Reynolds from the University of North Carolina Asheville has discovered a new species of non-venomous boid snake...

According to a new study published in the journal Current Biology, cephalopods’ numbers have increased in the world’s oceans over the past six decades. Giant...

Taxonomy experts at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) selected the top 10 from among the estimated 18,000 new species named...

Using DNA analysis, scientists have confirmed the capture of Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) in South Florida. A Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)....

A team of scientists led by Tanja van de Ven from the University of Cape Town has found that southern yellow-billed hornbills (Tockus leucomelas) in the...

Atmospherically transported dust from the Sahara Desert, the largest desert in the world, is bringing iron and other nutrients to underwater plants in...

An international team of scientists has described a previously unknown species of wasp from South Africa and has named it Conobregma bradpitti, after the...

According to a new research, leopards have lost as much as 75% of their historic range. A leopard (Panthera pardus). Image credit: Joseph Lemeris. The...