Animals These sharks thrive in a real-life underwater volcano November 20, 2017 - Updated on August 9, 2023
Biology Zipping genetic data in DNA could enable scientists to implant complex ‘programmes’ into cells November 13, 2017
Biology Antarctica once had a forest and researchers are trying to figure out why it disappeared November 13, 2017 - Updated on April 25, 2019
Biology Lab mice with natural gut bacteria are wildly more resistant to disease and tumors November 13, 2017 - Updated on November 29, 2017
Biology Mushrooms are ‘the richest source’ antioxidants that fight age-related diseases November 10, 2017 - Updated on January 8, 2023
Animals The fungus that turns ants into mindless zombies just got wickeder — controls host like a puppeteer November 10, 2017
Biology The first 3D interactive brain is here to teach you all about how yours works November 8, 2017
Biology After the dinosaurs went extinct, mammals crawled out of the dark to take over November 7, 2017
Animals Scientists discover third Orangutan species. It’s already threatened with extinction November 3, 2017
Biology Forests are increasingly patchy and fragmented — which is bad news for the species living there November 1, 2017
Biology A lazy seaslug hunts by ‘kleptopredation’, letting prey do half the work for it November 1, 2017
Biology Biologists discover a large blue hole in the Great Barrier Reef thanks to Google Maps October 31, 2017 - Updated on February 27, 2024
Agriculture Newly sequenced pumpkin genome reveals genes for tastiness and unique evolutionary history October 31, 2017 - Updated on October 27, 2023
Biology Men with slightly longer legs than average might be more attractive to the opposite sex October 31, 2017
Biology Dolphins can also get Alzheimer’s, surprising new study finds October 25, 2017 - Updated on July 20, 2023
Animals Shrews literally shrink their heads with the seasons October 23, 2017 - Updated on October 24, 2017
Biology Researchers identify brain patterns associated with learning to improve teaching, fight Alzheimer’s October 16, 2017
Biology Contrasting facial features make you seem younger, no matter where you’re from October 12, 2017 - Updated on February 15, 2019
Animals Rarest songbird species turns out to be even rarer than thought — because it never existed October 9, 2017
Animals New York mice are actively evolving into a new species: city mice October 4, 2017 - Updated on February 15, 2019
Biology Marine biologist finds gaping blue hole in Great Barrier Reef using Google Maps September 28, 2017 - Updated on October 31, 2017
Animals Bed bugs love your dirty laundry, and this has helped them travel the globe September 28, 2017
Biology California now has an official dinosaur: the Augustynolophus September 27, 2017 - Updated on February 9, 2024
Biology Vegetarian dinosaurs sometimes feasted on crustaceans September 22, 2017 - Updated on August 21, 2023
Animals You don’t need a brain to sleep, and we have snoozing jellyfish to prove it September 21, 2017
Biology Fourteen thousand plant species have been discovered in the Amazon rainforest September 20, 2017 - Updated on January 31, 2023
Animals Not too big and not too small: when faced with extinction, it pays off to be just the right size September 19, 2017 - Updated on May 24, 2023