Biology

The fossils of our earliest ancestors found in South Africa are a million years older than previously thought, meaning...

Dangerous viruses can remain infectious for up to three days in fresh water by hitchhiking on plastic, researchers have...

More than half the UK backs the idea of rewriting the DNA of human embryos to prevent severe or...

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Katharina Ribbeck’s lab collects mucus—the often-gooey substance present in places like the mouth, gut, reproductive tract, and intestines. ...

For years, studying zoology made me feel like a sad misfit. Not because I loved spiders, enjoyed cutting...

The emergence of a “mystery monkey”, believed to be a rare hybrid of two distantly related primates, highlights the...

Schoenoplectus americanus , or the chairmaker’s bulrush, is a common wetland plant in the Americas, and it has an...