Biology

He taught himself to read from newspapers but went on to win a Nobel Prize.

Wild animals are increasingly eating our food and scientists are discovering 'hidden effects'.

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for their discoveries in enzyme research.

The powerful electron microscope based at a new facility in Glasgow images samples frozen to -196C.

Our big toe was one of the last parts of the foot to become human-like, as our early ancestors evolved to walk on two legs.

Faced with a glorious spectrum of colour, songbirds, just like humans, look for the big picture.

The 1.1 billion-year-old bright pink pigments were extracted from rocks beneath the Sahara Desert.

Predators on Madagascar are threatened as they have not developed an immunity to the poisonous toad.

Methane on the Red Planet waxes and wanes with the seasons - another clue in the search for life.