New species are being discovered faster than ever before - at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study.

Around 16,000 new species are described each year, but most animals and plants are listed as threatened as soon as they are ...

Biologists are quietly rewriting what it means to be alive, and the human body has become one of their strangest frontiers.

The first new antibiotic for UTIs in nearly 30 years has been approved by regulators. Gepotidacin, also known as Blujepa, is ...

The arrest and prosecution of Chinese researcher Youhuang Xiang, announced December 19 by FBI Director Kash Patel, is the ...

IIT Ropar researchers developed boronopeptides that detect Gram-positive bacteria about 40× more accurately and faster than current tests, enabling quicker diagnosis and better antibiotic use.

A newly identified class of RNA molecules has been discovered in bacteria living inside the human body. These circular ...

Teaching creationism alongside evolution is tantamount to teaching algebra during Sunday sermon. The goal of science class is ...

A new spider species from among the harsh dry lands of southern Morocco has amazed the scientific world with its face, a ...

International study of microbiome data finds loss of beneficial bacteria and increase in bacteria from mouth lower in the gut.

Misinformation isn’t just human. A new study shows how false signals spread across biology, from bacteria to bird flocks.

Not revised: This Reviewed Preprint includes the authors’ original preprint (without revision), an eLife assessment, and public reviews. This work by Reitz, Z. L. et al. developed an automated tool ...