After 20 years of orangutan observations, scientists have discovered that orangutans seek out plants with healing properties ...

When a female animal mates and then retains sperm inside her reproductive tract, it’s known as sperm storage. The process enables sperm to be stored alive and well for prolonged periods and then used ...

Sea squirts in the Antarctic could offer us a novel way to kill melanoma cells – that is, skin cancer – without harming ...

Despite its popularity, kissing is by no means universal. A study of 168 cultures published in American Anthropologist in 2015 found that only 46 per cent practised romantic lip kissing. In cultures ...

The Terminator echoes don’t end there, though. The legged metamachines were made by a team of engineers at Northwestern ...

Although it was once true that washing laundry at high temperatures was more effective, that’s no longer the case. Advances in washing machines and detergent technology mean that most clothes can now ...

Wild chimpanzees in Africa have been observed beating out rhythms on trees using their hands and feet. They drum on the large roots (‘buttresses’) that spread out from a tree's base, creating deep, ...

Even though the science is mixed, it might be worth giving EFT tapping a go to help relieve stress and anxiety.

A new study has found that acts of self-pleasure among parrots and other birds are perfectly natural, thank you very much ...

Researchers have found that DNA mutations could be responsible for increasingly stubborn and hard-to-control rodent populations.

Much of the time, they bury most of their body in the sandy seabed, using their wide pectoral fins to shift the substrate aside, then leaving only their eyes sticking up and their mouth ready to ...

Dark matter is one of the most mysterious things in existence. We can't see it or feel it, and yet it is threaded through the structure of the Universe, making up around 85 per cent of its mass. It’s ...