Biology News

Botanists from the University of Calicut in Kerala, India, have described a new species in the genus Musa. Musa arunachalensis. Image credit: Sreejith...

An international team of botanists has described a new, nickel-hyperaccumulating species of plant from Luzon Island, Philippines. Rinorea niccolifera....

Entomologists have discovered 24 new species of wasps that mummify caterpillars, several were named after famous people including Jimmy Fallon, John Stewart,...

Scientists from at the Scripps Research Institute have created a living Escherichia coli that has a pair of ‘alien’ DNA building blocks in...

Entomologists from Switzerland led by Dr Rainer Neumeyer have described a new species of the wasp genus Polistes from Central Europe. The Swiss paper wasp,...

Scientists from the Universidad de La República in Uruguay have described three new species of tarantulas from northern Argentina. The newly discovered...

A newly discovered species of spider, scientifically named Cebrennus rechenbergi, can flip like a gymnast. The Moroccan flic-flac spider, Cebrennus rechenbergi....

Biologists led by Dr Somsak Panha from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok have described a new genus and three new species of carnivorous land snails...

Some species of bees and butterflies enjoy an occasional taste of crocodile tears, according to Dr Carlos de la Rosa from the La Selva Biological Station...

According to a team of biologists led by Dr Gregory Dick from the University of Michigan, at deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the western Pacific, previously...

A new study, reported in the journal Functional Ecology and headed by Dr Ismael Galván from the Spanish National Research Council, is the first evidence...

Australian biologists have described a new species of dasyurid marsupial within the genus Antechinus. The Black-tailed Antechinus, Antechinus arktos. Image...

The Southern California erythracarid mite species, Paratarsotomus macropalpis, which is smaller than sesame seed, can run up to 322 body lengths per second,...

The Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii), long thought to be a single species, is actually three species, according to a new study published...

A new study led by Dr Denise Risch from NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center provides conclusive evidence that mysterious ocean sounds known...

Ichthyologists have described a new genus and species of electric knifefish from the Rio Negro, the Amazonia State of Brazil. Procerusternarchus pixuna....

Linguistic, ecological, archaeological and genetic evidence show that the domesticated chili pepper, Capsicum annuum, originated in central-east Mexico...

Marine biologists have described a new species of beaked whale known only from seven specimens found stranded on tropical islands in the western and central...

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) select a certain type of wood to make their nests, says a team of biologists from the United States. A male chimpanzee at...