Biology News

Warming temperatures are causing mosquitoes in Greenland to grow faster and emerge earlier, boosting their population and threatening the caribou they...

WWF’s Living Blue Planet Report provides the most accurate picture of the state of the ocean, and the results are not very good. The report, released...

A new study is attempting to answer one of mankind’s oldest questions: why does love exist? A pair of zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) at Bird Kingdom,...

Scientists have discovered a new species of snake in the Kimberley region, north-western Australia. The Kimberley death adder (Acanthophis cryptamydros)....

Culture in animal societies is a highly debated topic. Some scientists think it’s clear enough, while others don’t think the word ‘culture’ should...

The saga of giant Acanthamoeba-infecting viruses started in 2003 with the discovery of Mimivirus. Two additional types of giant viruses have been discovered...

New Caledonian crows (Corvus moneduloides) make and use tools, and tool types vary over geographic landscapes. How the birds transmit knowledge to each...

Rodents such as rats and mice huddle together to keep warm. In a new study published in the open-access journal PLoS Computational Biology, scientists...

A team of marine biologists from Canada has described a new cryptic species of giant file clam, Acesta cryptadelphe, originally collected from the waters...

Adult cats (Felis silvestris catus) are typically quite autonomous, even in their social relationships, and not necessarily dependent on others to provide...

Spotted by researchers from Cambodia’s Centre for Biodiversity Conservation, the fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) – a medium-sized wild cat...

In April 2015, a TV crew was filming at the Royal Burgers Zoo in the Netherlands. It was the intention to film chimps in the enclosure from close-by and...

According to a new study published today in Nature, there are 3,041 billion trees on our planet, but over 15 billion trees are cut down each year, and...

In a paper published online in Nature Communications, scientists detail how colonial siphonophores – gelatinous planktonic organisms related to jellyfish,...

Nearly 60% of all seabird species, including albatrosses, shearwaters and penguins, have plastic in their gut, according to a new study published in the...

A newly-discovered species of leucothoid amphipod has been named after British singer and composer Sir Elton John. Leucothoe eltoni, male. Image credit:...

The dust in our homes contains more than 5,000 different species of bacteria and around 2,000 species of fungi, according to a team of scientists who investigated...

Meet the crusty nautilus (Allonautilus scrobiculatus), one of the rarest marine animals in the world. These pics are the first ones taken of this ‘living...

A spectacular new species of freshwater crayfish, Cherax snowden, has been described from the Oinsok River Drainage, Sawiat District in the central part...