The ermine moth’s wing structures are fascinating because they rely on a mechanism we teach our engineering students to avoid
Fruit bats can eat up to twice their body weight in fruit a day. But their genes and cells evolved to process all that sugar without any heath consequences − a feat drug developers can learn from.
The Marburg virus, a close cousin of Ebola, currently has no approved treatments or vaccines to protect against it.
From insects to birds to bats to frogs, these little loudmouths have found ingenious ways to deliver their messages at high volume.
Humans often look to nature for the solutions to complex problems – here are five times where biological processes have inspired innovation.
Humans have long struggled to understand the nocturnal world. As environmental change becomes increasingly acute, understanding their lives has never been more critical.
Research has revealed how earless moths manage to avoid bat attacks - by evolving sophisticated acoustic tricks.
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