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England’s rivers are in a mess. Just 14% are in good ecological condition – and that’s just the ones that are regularly assessed.

Animals use chemical substances called pheromones to communicate with each other and attract mates, mark territory, and signal danger. Plants release volatile organic compounds to attract pollinators and repel predators. Communication using molecules, known as “molecular communication”, is also useful to humans, albeit in a way that goes unnoticed by…

Scientists in Japan think they may have hit a breakthrough in finding a cause for endometriosis - a painful and debilitating condition suffered by millions of women

Investigation of meat sourced by Polish firm that sells frozen poultry to Lidl, Asda and Iceland raises superbug concerns

Making the yogurt of the future requires a cast of 21st-century helpers: machine learning, gut science and even a mysterious artificial stomach.

Tom Parker Bowles has spoken out in favour of unpasteurised milk, along with much of TikTok. The only problem is all that bacteria ...

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes

More than 160,000 deaths each year - that's an average of 460 deaths each day - are caused by heart and circulatory diseases, but lifestyle changes can help ward these off

Japanese Researches found that a strain of Fusobacterium may be linked to endometriosis.

New research offers a possible link between endometriosis and a common bacteria that can be treated with antibiotics.

South Africa has created a network of facilities to store hundreds of thousands of samples of biological material from plants, animals, bacteria and fungi. The samples are currently held in biobanks in the country. The aim is twofold: to ensure researchers have access to all available samples, and to establish…