- Study from University of Leicester describes a new species of fossil that is 444 million years-old with soft insides perfectly preserved

- Research ‘ultramarathon’ saw palaeontologist puzzled by bizarre fossil for 25 years

- Revealed to be an entirely new kind of arthropod and named after lead researcher’s mum

An extinct lineage of parasitic wasps dating from the mid-Cretaceous period and preserved in amber may have used their Venus flytrap-like abdomen to capture and immobilise their prey. Research, published in BMC Biology...

New research led by Macquarie University has documented tool use in five species of wrasse fish across the western Atlantic, revealing these colourful reef dwellers can select and use rocks as tools to crack open hard-shelled prey.

Georgia Tech scientists uncovered how whole-genome duplication emerges and remains stable over thousands of generations of evolution in the lab.  

Researchers from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) have developed a reverse genetics system for African swine fever virus (ASFV). This new system will aid researchers in developing vaccines and in studying the pathogenesis and biology of ASFV, a highly contagious, deadly viral disease affecting domesticated and wild pigs, especially prevalent in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean. A recent study estimates if ASFV reached the United States it could result in economic losses exceeding $50 billion over a ten-year period.

A study in Science Translational Medicine found when patients take the drug nitisinone, their blood becomes deadly to mosquitoes.