Natural selection is the adaptation of organisms to their environment and the conditions in which they live.The better they adapt, the more likely they are to survive and reproduce passing on ...

Westonbirt Arboretum's learning officer, Ellen Whitby, explains how it's teaching families the importance of trees for nature ...

Organelles in cells were originally often independent cells, which were incorporated by host cells and lost their ...

Suitable for: PSHE, Modern Studies (careers) and History at KS1 / KS2 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 1st and 2nd Level in Scotland.

Where there are people, there are mice. This pretty well summarizes the millennia-old relationship between man and mouse. Few species have benefited from humans as much as the house mouse, Mus ...

Microbiology is the study of microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, archaea, fungi and protozoa. This discipline includes fundamental research on the biochemistry, physiology ...

In most multicellular organisms, meiosis is restricted to germ cells that are set aside in early development. The germ cells reside in specialized environments provided by the gonads, or sex organs.

A huge sinkhole that forced residents in Surrey out of their homes could take as long as a year to fix, the council has warned. Residents from 30 properties were evacuated after a sinkhole appeared on ...

Biochemical and physiological mechanisms of adaptation of organisms to the marine environment. Special emphasis is on biological responses to temperature, salinity, carbon dioxide, pH and bicarbonate ...