Biology News

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...

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 team of scientists at the University of Helsinki, Finland, has discovered stem cells that play a decisive role in new blood vessel growth. This image...

A new species of egg-eating sea snake has been recently discovered in a formalin-filled jar in the Copenhagen Natural History Museum, Denmark. This is...

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...

A team of biologists has discovered a new species of bubble-nesting fighting fish in Samut Sakhon Province, Thailand. Male B. mahachaiensis displaying...

Australian scientists have shown that an enzyme called tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA), which plays a vital role in the removal of blood clots,...

An arachnologist from Germany has discovered a harvestman with a leg span of more than 13 inches (33 cm) during a research trip to Laos. This is a harvestman...

A coral specialist from the Netherlands has reported the discovery of a new coral species that lives on the ceilings of caves in Indo-Pacific coral reefs. This...

A team of biologists led by Dr Yuen Ip of the National University of Singapore has discovered that Chinese soft-shelled turtles, Pelodiscus sinensis, effectively...

An international team of entomologists has discovered a potentially dangerous new malaria-transmitting mosquito. A study, published in the journal Emerging...

According to marine biologists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), a ‘vampire squid’ called Vampyroteuthis infernalis uses two...

With a bulbous body and spiky scales, a shaggy lure dangling from its head, and foot-like fins that it uses to walk along the seafloor, the deep-sea anglerfish...