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High-intensity exercise relieves pain more than low-intensity activity – but only in males with high fitness levels.

Caterpillars of the large cabbage white butterfly use olfactory information to avoid natural enemies and to find their host plants.

Skin contact during parental care can influence the skin microbiome of poison frog tadpoles.

Some truncated forms of p53 promote cancer by aggregating with full-length versions of the protein and sequestering them in to clumps.

A new algorithm reveals how animals may use short-term memory of odor cues to navigate.

A new software tool called Heron helps researchers to design and run complex experimental systems without needing in-depth technical expertise.

The growth factor PDGF can halt cell ageing in intervertebral disc cells and may, in the future, be used to help stop the progression of degenerative disc disease.

When the bacteria MRSA evolve to resist viral attacks, they regain their sensitivity to antibiotics.