Fruit flies, mice, zebrafish, yeast and the tiny worm C. elegans are model organisms that have carried modern biology on their backs.

Study finds that large embryo cells divide step by step using a mechanical ratchet system, challenging the textbook idea of a ...

Female peacocks, called peahens, are more subdued in colour, with brown, grey, and limited green feathers, which helps them ...

Scientists have pulled off a feat long considered out of reach: getting light to mimic the famous quantum Hall effect. In their experiment, photons drift sideways in perfectly defined, quantized steps ...