Female clones created from the blood of male mice
A CRISPR-based tool can perform sex reversal on male mouse embryos, reliably turning them into healthy females – a feat that could be valuable for conservation
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Mammal ancestors were giving birth to live young 236 million years ago
Almost all mammals give birth rather than laying eggs, and we have new clues about when they began to do so
Gene-edited dogs lack the protein that causes allergies
A company has created dogs that do not have the main protein that provokes allergies, and hopes to get approval to start selling them
Can we finally use bacteria from crime scenes to solve cases?
Every crime scene contains hidden microbial clues. Now, after decades of promise, researchers are establishing what those bacterial traces can reliably reveal – and whether the evidence will ever stand up in court
Large predators reduce car accidents by keeping deer off roads
We already know wolves can make roads safer, and now it's been shown that the presence of cougars reduces deer collisions by 76 per cent
Should you stop using preventive flea treatments on your pets?
It has been assumed for decades that tick and flea treatments for pets pose no threat to wildlife or people, but there is growing evidence that we have got it wrong
Darwin proved right about gnat-trapping carnivorous plant
Botanists have finally proved what Charles Darwin was unable to nail down – that a genus of plants known to catch insects also digests them, suggesting the extent of plant carnivory has been underestimated
Spectacular fossil preserves internal organs of ancient marine reptile
A stunningly intact marine reptile named Austronaga minuta that lived around 245 million years ago may have looked like a miniature version of more famous later ocean predators, like plesiosaurs
Plankton get a close-up in these stunning photographs
The strange world of plankton is revealed by Julian Cremona in these intricate images from his new book
Extraordinary ichthyosaur fossil shows its last meal was a pterosaur
The remains of an orca-sized ichthyosaur include evidence of what it ate – before it too got eaten by an even bigger marine predator