Avian evolutionary tree shaken up by phylogenomic study - falcons fly free

Strange beasts evolve on islands: flightless bats and birds, amphibious or monstrous lizards, huge tortoises, giant rodents, dwarf elephants and even humans, such as the famous 'hobbit', H. floresiensis.

Circadian moves from 'biotech incubator' to drug development company

Protein science meets computer gaming as researchers Foldit.

Hagfish may be ferociously ugly little creatures, but they can teach us much about the evolution of the vertebrate eye.

Research grid could lead to improved drug research and safer clinical trials for cancer and other diseases.

Planetary scientist asks the question: should we expect extraterrestrials to be as stupid as we are?

MIT scientists model the enucleation of red blood cells in vitro.

Professor Emeritus Jack Pettigrew has argued for more than two decades that fruit bats are actually flying primates, distant relatives of monkeys, lemurs and us.

Alan Harvey will discuss neurotrauma research, Cliff Richard and the role of music in the evolution of the modern mind at the ANS meeting this week.

Simplicity - in the form of the Y chromosome - makes males sexual selection experts.