Biology

The SpudCell certainly resembles a living cell, but a key structure inside the cell falls short of the real thing

Bacteria send protein packages to dormant neighbors to endure antibiotic attack

The sheer amount of insects that free-range cats consume might surprise you

Efforts to revive the thylacine and woolly mammoth are forcing conservationists to face a long-overdue debate over what kind of natural world we want to build

The hominins may have gone on adventures, but they lacked key skills of modern humans

Some creative calculations using bug traps, epidemiology and trees suggest there are some 20 million unique insect species on Earth

As Kew Botanic Gardens completes a scan of its collections, AI tools could help in the fight against biodiversity loss

Pigeons seem to defy a century-old psychology law about how rewards and consequences help us learn

Julie Elie has been studying zebra finch vocalizations for years. Now she has won the Coller-Dolittle Prize for progress toward a world where humans can talk to animals

Two people were the first to receive the therapy for a condition that damages the spinal cord and optic nerve

Galapagos sharks have been spotted scrubbing off parasites with help from manta rays

In his final interview, the “swashbuckling” geneticist pointed the way for science