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Being a veterinarian was a childhood dream for Dr Charlotte Cantley, but getting a place at vet school wasn’t easy. Decades ...

Researchers say accurately predicting Antarctica’s impact on global sea levels is an urgent priority that can be achieved by analysing the DNA of tiny land animals, pinpointing the continent’s icy ...

A group of people watches three albino rats leap from small baskets into a big cage at an indoor hall in the Argentine ...

Most sharks have five gill slits on either side. But Hexanchus griseus, a giant and mysterious shark species, has an even six ...

A newfound species of long-necked dinosaur from Thailand lived up to 120 million years ago, and it's the largest known of its ...

Scientists have discovered that the human body undergoes a dramatic internal transformation during extended fasting, with ...

A newfound nocturnal navigation system challenges what entomologists thought they knew about how ants find their way ...

Every octopus alive today exists because its mother died for it, and the answer is written into her DNA. Here is the genetics and biology behind one of nature's most ruthless and elegant designs.

A new nanotechnology treatment reversed Alzheimer’s symptoms in mice by restoring the brain’s natural cleanup system. The specially engineered nanoparticles helped clear toxic amyloid proteins from ...

The reduction of unnecessary animal testing in the UK is ‘far too slow’ according to Newport and Islwyn MP Ruth Jones.

According to WHO data, more than 240 suspected cases and around 80 deaths have been reported so far in Congo’s Ituri province ...