Latest Biology Stories
Fun or feud? These are the tell-tail signs that a catfight has gone sour.
Why seaweed farming could be the next big thing in sustainability
These primate ancestors were totally chill with a colder climate
One wormy Triassic fossil could fill a hole in the evolutionary story of amphibians
When wind turbines kill bats and birds, these scientists want the carcasses
Adolescent chimpanzees might be less impulsive than human teens
Stowaway mice carry DNA evidence of an ancient black market fur trade
Oyster mushrooms release nerve gas to kill worms before eviscerating them
Newly found titanosaur eggs reveal dino nurseries once teemed with baby giants
Ancient Egyptians had a unique way of mummifying crocodiles
A virgin birth in Shedd Aquarium’s shark tank is baffling biologists
Trilobites may have jousted with head ‘tridents’ to win mates
What rockfish genes can teach humans about living past 100
A look at how cancer cells move and metastatize could help doctors stop them from spreading
When these reptiles became city lizards, it changed their genes
UV radiation might be behind the planet’s biggest mass extinction
Invasive rats are making some reef fish more peaceful, and that’s bad, actually
A new synthetic material could help fix broken penises—at least in pigs
Some modern-day Scandinavians lack the ancestral diversity of Vikings
These microbes could be the first lifeforms to munch on infectious viruses
The National Institutes of Health is studying dogs to learn more about aging and genetics in people
College textbooks aren’t keeping up with the severity of the global climate crisis
‘Snowball Earth’ was crushing and cold. What animals could survive it?
Pink Iguana hatchlings spotted for the first time on the Galápagos in decades
It’s easier than ever to make DNA from scratch—but what are the risks?
A primitive part of the zebrafish brain helps them find their way home
Why do humans talk? Tree-dwelling orangutans might hold the answer.
Millions of years ago, marine reptiles may have used Nevada as a birthing ground
Your cat is probably more attached to you than you think
What’s in a genome? The quest to decipher human difference
Foraging in trees might have pushed human ancestors to walk on two feet
Scientists just found out female snakes have two clitorises
Giant wombats the size of small cars once roamed Australia
Newly discovered fossils give a whole new meaning to jumbo shrimp
These intricate ‘living’ paintings are teeming with microscopic organisms
How breeding dogs for certain traits may have altered their brains
Oldest DNA ever sampled paints a lush portrait of a lost Arctic world
The last Tasmanian tiger’s remains were finally found—in a cupboard
To save coral reefs, color the larvae
The tortoise, the myth, the legend: Jonathan turns 190
This dinosaur dove like a duck
Plastic microfibers in the Mediterranean Sea are keeping bacteria afloat
A key to lizard evolution was buried in a museum cupboard for 70 years
The newest member of the T. rex family has piercing eyes
Meet the extinct sea cow that cultivated Pacific kelp forests
Eyeless army ants chomped their way through Europe millions of years ago
Oldest evidence of digested plants in a roughly 575-million-year-old creature’s gut
These pleasantly plump salamanders dominated the Cretaceous period
Gigantic fossils hint at super-sized 7,000-pound sea turtle
This 18-foot python’s last meal was a whole alligator
Kids learn faster than adults. This neurotransmitter could explain why.
Monkeys with close friends have friendlier gut bacteria
The slow, but promising progress of electrode therapy for paralysis
Bees can sense a flower’s electric field—unless fertilizer messes with the buzz
The science behind our circadian rhythms, and why time changes mess them up
Sex, not violence, could’ve sealed the fate of the Neanderthals
Meta’s AI could shake up how we study protein structures
Eurasian jays show masterful intelligence in human psychology test
Hellbender salamanders may look scary, but the real fright is extinction
A Scottish fossil is helping scientists fill the gaps in the lizard family tree
Argonaut octopuses are enigmatic—down to their self-made ‘shells’
The rare case of a lioness with a mane
Multiple species of Rhododendron thrive by taking turns to bloom
The first honeybee vaccine could protect the entire hive, starting with the queen