A research team has successfully recreated the structure of wrinkles in biological tissue in vitro, uncovering the mechanisms behind their formation.

Cattle egrets live on insects. And in the savannah, insects congregate on the ubiquitous water buffalo. In sub-Saharan Africa, for example, you'll find these birds constantly perched atop buffalo ...

Unusual tusks on preserved skulls of dicynodonts influenced the look of a mythical beast painted by Southern Africa’s San people, a researcher suspects.

The article discusses the remarkable regenerative abilities of animals like axolotls, flatworms, tunicates, starfish, and ...

Long known as a messenger within cells, RNA is increasingly seen as life’s molecular communication system — even between ...

Given the right conditions, certain types of cells are able to self-assemble into new lifeforms after the organism they were ...

Ecologists at the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) have celebrated a significant milestone in conservation efforts after capturing rare footage of a critically endangered baby northern hairy ...

Cell signalling is the mechanism by which stimuli are transmitted via a signalling cascade to effector molecules that orchestrate the appropriate response. Types of cell signalling pathways ...

For years, Amanda Smith and her husband were jolted awake at night by a buzz-buzz-beep — an alarm warning that her blood sugar was too high or too low. She would reach for juice boxes stored in ...

What if, as well as car parts and designer furniture, we could print human organs or regenerate human tissue by bioprinting living cells ... reduce the need for animal testing.

But there's no one shape or size when it comes to a penis in the animal world ... Echidna sperm cells cooperate with each other. They form torpedo-like bundles of up to 100 sperm which lets ...