On Wednesday 1 October, Dr Jane Goodall died of natural causes at 91. A week before her death, the famed zoologist and primatologist spoke to Vogue Business about the importance of empathy, what ...

He successfully brought five plants back to France, where one was planted in the royal gardens of Versailles, among the rest of the king’s strawberry collection. Soon, this Chilean strawberry ...

When they reach their destinations, wandering spiders from the tropical family Ctenidae often choose between two distinct habitat types: arboreal (tree-dwelling) and terrestrial (ground-dwelling).

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Nestled in the misty Blue Ridge Mountains of North Georgia, where winding roads disappear into forests thick enough to hide all manner of secrets, sits a wooden building that houses one of America’s ...

Research suggests that ancient viral-DNA embedded in the human genome is playing a key role in early embryo development. Around 8% of our genome consists of endogenous retrovirus DNA — the remnants of ...

An innovative use of skin cells could provide a route for gay couples or women with fertility problems to have children they are both genetically related to ...

Researchers develop experimental method to convert skin cells into eggs, potentially allowing older women and same-sex couples to have genetically related children.