The global population is ageing and this demographic shift has profound effects on haemostasis, notably a progressive tilt ...

Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress ...

Over the course of evolution, the human heart has largely lost its ability to regenerate. Our distant ancestors were not ...

Humans developed large brains and flatter faces at an exceptionally quick rate compared to other apes, according to new research from UCL scientists. The study suggests that these rapid changes may ...

Current demand for plastics and chemical raw materials is met through large-scale production of ethylene from fossil fuels.

The results were published in Current Biology. By studying the genes of Coleochaetophyceae ... "This tells us that we need to ...

A giraffe's long legs aren't just for height, they save energy by reducing how hard the heart works to pump blood upward ...

If you've ever wondered why the giraffe has such a long neck, the answer seems clear: it lets them reach succulent leaves ...

"When first encountering high concentrations of exposed fossil bone like bonebeds, it is often the ‘meadow’ of orange lichen that is noticed first." ...

Scientists say the earliest long-snouted fossil crocodile, which was around 12 feet long, lived about 80 million years ago.