Biology, Popular Stories

Getting light to plants is a challenge for urban hydroponicists. Boswyck Farms solves this problem with a few innovations.

Plants must be able to adapt to different climates if they are to survive climate change.

The uniqueness of different colored eyes in the same person explained.

Mushrooms are often though of as things that grow in the dark and feed on animal dung. However, mushrooms are used for food, medicine, and even mystical experiences.

Interesting research suggests that the long-term productivity of old trees is greatly influenced by the mosses that grow on the trees' branches.

Complex life forms have been found, 1 billion year old deposits that could change our understanding of the way green life on Earth developed.

Hundreds of thousands of years ago, both chimpanzees and human ancestors had spines on their penises. Discover why we lost them...

A breakthrough discovery on 'zombie ants' that are manipulated by four new species of fungus found in the Brazilian rainforest.

Meet some of the creepiest and hungriest bugs which celebrate their ‘blood feast’ on our bodies.

Almost beyond our imagination, these are some of the most extraordinary and beautiful images from a pathologist’s lab.

Incredible science images from the Wellcome Image Awards that show animal life like never before.

LIDO is a unique system for measuring marine noise pollution, helping to understand cetaceans' acoustic life and how it is affected by noise pollution.

Studies of bacterial life cycles in decomposing flesh have just been released. These studies are extremely important when determining the time of death.

A breakthrough in science: a 24-hour clock has been found in human cells, giving important insights into various bodily functions.

In keeeping with 2010 being celebrated as the International Year of Biodiversity, scientists and botanists at RBG, Kew made some great discoveries this year.

How an 18-year-old high school senior discoverd a unique species of the beautiful impatiens flower on his trip to China.

It is not the size of the animal that determines the length of gestation. It is a complex, or not so complex, way nutrition, oxygen, and waste removal is cinducted in the

Tame foxes selectively bred in Siberia are friendly enough to enter our homes.

The amazing mysteries of human DNA are being undiscovered by scientists alive today - who knows what they could discover in the future?

The Ebola virus is a truly horrible disease. Here are some tips on how you can spot the disease - and how you might pick it up!