Indigenous Indonesian communities—like the Papuan Abui people of Alor—are the custodians of very ancient knowledge. Their ...

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

A PREVIOUSLY unknown species of carnivorous pitcher plant found only in Palawan has been flagged as critically endangered, after scientists documented an extremely small and fragile population ...

DNA analysis of cultural artifacts shows diverse biological profiles, but contamination and mixed signals complicate ...

Every year, scientists add thousands of new names to the great book of life. This momentum was initiated by the work of ...

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

Birds and bats act as non-chemical pest management in West African lowland rice fields, according to a recent study based in ...

Background Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) arises from complex interactions among diet, host and gut microbiome. Although diet influences intestinal inflammation, the microbial and metabolic pathways ...

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

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and their international partners, reveal today their pick of the top 10 ...