A new type of photoreceptor has now been discovered -- only the third to be found in animals -- that is about 50 times more efficient at capturing light than the the human eye.
Biochemists have solved an old mystery behind smelly camel urine, with implications for millions affected by African parasites that frequently cause fatalities via sleeping sickness.
The virus could be transmitted via the environment if an individual is pricked with an infected needle or has an open cut and comes in contact with the live virus.
Treating bees with light therapy can counteract the harmful effects of neonicotinoid pesticides and improve the survival rates of poisoned bees, research finds.
The cause of a mystery fog that covered London for five days, causing breathing problems and killing thousands of residents, may have finally been figured out by scientists.