Biology News

In a short, violent battle that could have happened somewhere this afternoon, the lizard made a fast lunge at the dragonfly, bit its head off and turned to run away. Lunch was served

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) have succeeded in mimicking the process of bone formation in the laboratory, and in visualizing the process in great detail

A vast new amber deposit in India has yielded 100 fossil spiders, bees, and flies that date to the Early Eocene, or 52-50 million years ago

Bumblebees can find the solution to a complex mathematical problem which keeps computers busy for days.

Microbes living at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico may consume far more of the gaseous waste from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill than previously thought, according to research carried out within 100 miles of the spill site

Deaf or blind people often report enhanced abilities in their remaining senses, but up until now, no one has explained how and why that could be

The sudden death of bee colonies since late 2006 across North America has stumped scientists. But today, researchers may have a greater understanding of the mysterious colony collapse disorder, said a Texas Tech University biologist

The latest tests conducted by anthropologists at the Johannes Gutenberg University have proven that the bacteria was indeed the causative agent behind the "Black Death" that raged across Europe in the Middle Ages

With bits of DNA extracted from century-old museum specimens, researchers have found a place for the extinct passenger pigeon in the family tree of pigeons and doves, identifying for the first time this unique bird's closest living avian relatives

A new study from North Carolina State University finds that fish located near coal-fired power plants have lower levels of mercury than fish that live much further away