Oil-in-water droplets respond to chemical cues by forming arm-like extensions that resemble filopodia, which are used by ...

Oil-in-water droplets respond to chemical cues by forming arm-like extensions that resemble filopodia, which are used by ...

Analysis of the DNA and proteins of a range of animals has revealed that sperm’s molecular toolkit arose in our single-celled ...

MICROSCOPIC magnetic fossils found in North Atlantic seafloor sediments may represent components of an internal “GPS system” for an ancient marine creature that used Earth’s magnetic field to navigate ...

Evolutionary individuals are units of selection and must satisfy Darwin’s conditions of heritability and variation in fitness. A theory for the origin of a new higher-level individual, such as the ...

The discovery of a billion-year-old fossil in Scotland offers exciting new insight into animal evolution, BC researcher says Loch Torridon in Scotland, where the microfossil was discovered. Photo: ...

Under a microscope, the newly described organism Solarion looks less like a cell and more like a tiny star, its body ringed ...

With victims numbering in the millions, malaria is an infectious disease caused by the bite of a mosquito carrying the malaria parasite. After penetrating the skin, the pathogen moves with helical ...

Scientists have long dreamed of creating a virtual organism—a computer model of a life-form so detailed and so comprehensive that it doesn’t just look alive on the screen but precisely mimics how the ...

Schwarz: Chirality of malaria parasites determines their motion patterns. Nature Physics (24 November 2025), – Ulrich Schwarz research group – Freddy Frischknecht research group ...

Caenorhabditis elegans is a species of soil-dwelling nematode (roundworm) used as a model organism in molecular genetics and developmental biology. It is predominantly hermaphroditic (can ...