Head-bobbing seems to be a way for zebras to invite others to groom, graze or move together, suggesting sophisticated social ...

A ribbon of electrodes could nestle in the gut to help diagnose gastrointestinal diseases linked to Parkinson’s ...

A surprise discovery has revealed that female stink bugs have a small indent on their hind legs that they use for cultivating ...

Plants are often celebrated for the parts that are easy to see – flower, leaves, fruit – but scientists are uncovering the ...

The inactivation of one copy of the X chromosome in female mammals may start to fail as they get older, which may be why ...

A male Sumatran orangutan chewed the leaves of a plant used in Indonesian traditional medicine and placed them on a wound on ...

DNA analysis of remains found at medieval sites has identified closely related strains of leprosy-causing bacteria in the bones of humans and a red squirrel ...

Migrating flies can carry pollen hundreds or thousands of kilometres, and this could help plants adapt to climate change ...

An analysis of the 2021 German federal elections has found that for every 200,000 times a politician's social media adverts ...

If all goes well, the Chang’e 6 probe will be the first ever to land on the far side of the moon to take samples and bring ...

Strange bursts of radio waves called FRBs have long been mysterious, and one of the most famous sources of these flashes may have an unexpected planet ...

The air and dust in climbing centres contain high levels of rubber particles from the soles of climbing shoes, some of which ...