Biology News

California University scientists have discovered that tiny ‘bone-devouring worms’, known to both eat and inhabit dead whale skeletons and other...

Melanin – the pigment that colors skin, eyes and hair – could soon be the face of a new generation of bio-friendly electronic devices used in applications...

A team of European scientists working with Bartonella bacteria has identified a new mechanism of bacterial pathogenesis. Bartonella bacterium (Ceshencam) Bacteria...

In face of what has become a precipitous slide toward extinction across the Asian continent, the vultures of Cambodia have persisted, giving conservationists...

A new study has shown that parental behavior of male blue tits is determined by female ornamentation, as previously predicted by the differential allocation...

Researchers at the Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology of the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, have discovered that zebrafish use social learning...

The lyrebird is the reigning king of karaoke in the bird world, Australian researchers have discovered. The Superb Lyrebird, Menura novaehollandiae, in...

Wall-climbing robots, bioadhesives or other sticky substances can benefit greatly from a discovery about the self-cleaning and reuse abilities of a gecko’s...

Scientists have found that cougars, or American mountain lions, are re-emerging in areas of the United States, reversing 100 years of decline. Cougar cubs...

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Yale University have discovered that grasshoppers stressed by spiders affect the productivity...

Dutch biologists have discovered that insects can use plants as green phones for communication with other bugs. Ragwort plants show to act as phones that...

A new study into the biogeography of Antarctica has identified 15 distinct regions on the continent and near-shore islands. 15 Antarctic Conservation Biogeographic...

European biologists have discovered a new species of squat lobster in the underwater mountains facing the Galician coast, Spain. Artist’s impression...

Researchers have discovered a massive bloom of phytoplankton beneath ice-covered Arctic waters. Until now, sea ice was thought to block sunlight and limit...

Fishery biologists led by Dr Roldan Muñoz of NOAA’s Beaufort Laboratory have for the first time observed headbutting contests between males of the world’s...

Australian researchers have found that two common mango varieties contain natural compounds that may help fight obesity. Green mango A team from the University...

A team of researchers at University of California in Berkeley has found that cockroaches can disappear in the blink of an eye by flinging themselves at...

Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have found how this blood-sucking insect can survive the high-speed impact of falling raindrops. Free-flying...

British biologists have found that the tuatara, an iconic New Zealand reptile, chews its food in a way unlike any other animal on Earth. An adult of the...