ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

biology

Rubbish pulled from the great Pacific garbage patch

Environment

Great Pacific Garbage Patch hosts stable community of coastal animals

Arthropods and molluscs dwelling on plastic and other rubbish in the middle of the Pacific Ocean seem to be part of a new type of ecological community inadvertently created by humans

News

Seahorses use a spring motion to quickly capture their food

Life

Seahorses have a super strong gulp thanks to two spring-like tendons

News

Life

Snakes have been seen doing somersaults when they’re scared

News

An African bush elephant in Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Life

Wild African elephants may have domesticated themselves

News

Fetal lung tissue

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

The ageing of cells may be due to errors that harm protein production

News

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

Nanosyringes could inject drugs into specific cells in our bodies

News

Life

How hagfish slime gets its incredible clogging ability

News

Life

City life may help Darwin's finches survive bloodsucking flies

News

Beetle daisy (Gorteria diffusa), Springbok, Namaqualand, South Africa - Image ID: C119J6 (RF)

Life

How daisies make deceptive petals that look like female flies

News

The slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum is used to study the origins of multicellularity

Life

How did multicellular life evolve? Algae and yeast give some hints

Single-celled organisms that cluster and cooperate provide tantalising insights into the origins of multicellularity, suggesting this step may not be so rare after all

Comment

Life

Orcas in the North Pacific may be dying out due to inbreeding

News

Life

Algae-farming fish help coral reefs bounce back from bleaching events

News

Life

Bird flu cases are expected to surge as birds migrate in coming weeks

News

Life

Orca seen foster parenting a pilot whale calf for first time

News

Piano Exit Overlay Banner Mobile Piano Exit Overlay Banner Desktop