WITH the recent finding of a rare dinosaur fossil, scientists at the Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico, are trying to create a sound that may resemble the call of

For two centuries, an unusual bird had been kept in wrong company. The hoatzin of South America, the only bird species to have a ruminant digestive system like a cow, was placed in the order

The day may not be far when people with balding pates will have a permanent solution to their problem. Bradford University (UK) researchers have isolated hair cells from balding pates for the

A new class of mutations, involving duplications instead of deletion or 'misspelling:nd displaying queer patterns of transmission, might be behind a host of genetic and neurological disorders that afflict humankind

Genetic engineering enables the discovery of a gene responsible for the development of the eye, suggesting new possibilities of treating defects of vision

Does a mutation take place to fulfil a specific purpose? Do organisms affected by particular factors respond by mutating to alternative states? A few recent experiments suggest as much

The survival and evolution of a species is dependant on both the competing claimsfor survival being asserted within the species and between different species. Timothy Flannery in his book The Future Eaters, explores the strategies backing evolu

The fruitfly subject of researches by three Nobel prize winning developmental biologists offers exciting insights into how genes control and master the patterning or structural development of an organism

What is 'FD' the two X chromosome bearing young boy one of nature's accidental freaks, something akin to the mythical chimaera, or thefirst reported case of parthenogenesis in mammals?

A green light emitting protein has shown the way to an unique way of labelling and marking cells, besides enabling researchers to keep track of all the changes that are the hallmarks of embryonic development