There are many purposes that spots and stripes serve in nature, but how they form has been more of a mystery to scientists.

The first animals must also have invented ways to produce the many different kinds of cells we have today; muscle cells, nerve cells, egg cells and sperm to name a few. The division of labour among ...

Researchers have spotted how specific proteins within the chromosomes of roundworms enable their offspring to produce specialized cells generations later, a startling finding that upends classical ...

From leopards to zebras, science explain how nature’s chemical dances create spots, stripes and swirls across animal skins ...

In a world first that challenges what we thought we knew about biology, scientists have successfully engineered animal cells that can photosynthesize. The breakthrough promises to revolutionize ...